Education
Securing computers used by students and teachers gets harder every year. Users intentionally download games, shareware and freeware and inadvertently download spyware, keyloggers and malware. IT professionals in schools face having to frequently clean up and re-image computers that become infected with this unauthorized software.
Our solutions help educational institutions gain the visibility they need into what applications are running - and where - and the control they need to allow only authorized applications to run. By gaining visibility and control over endpoints, Bit9 helps schools comply with federal regulations, avoid time consuming disruptions and reduce the number of IT support calls required to clean up polluted endpoints.
The Challenge
Educational institutions face challenges when it comes to IT security. Educators want free and easy access to information. At the same time IT professionals must secure the school's laptops, desktops and servers from malicious software and put controls in place to meet security guidelines and regulations such as the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Schools often have only a few IT personnel to serve a large number of people, putting more pressure on the IT departments to do more with less.
How Bit9 Can Help
Bit9 provides proactive security solutions to help educational institutions prevent malware and targeted attacks and control unauthorized and rogue software from disrupting the learning environment. With greater visibility and control schools' laptops, desktops and servers, education IT security professionals are able to address the risk that unsecured data may become exposed. Bit9 application whitelisting solutions help schools:
- Secure endpoints and servers by preventing targeted attacks and malicious software not stopped by existing antivirus defenses
- Improve IT systems performance by standardizing endpoint configurations
- Monitor, audit and report on all software changes; prevent malware and targeted attacks
Helping Achieve Compliance
By eliminating vulnerable and malicious applications and providing configuration, change and processes control, Bit9 helps educational institutions comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act.:
- Prevents students from running malicious or unauthorized applications malware that can spread on the network
- Protect endpoints and servers from data leakage by allowing only authorized applications to run
- Monitor systems to ensure no unauthorized software is downloaded
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