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| School District Deploys SonicWALL Clean VPN | |
| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:13:00 AM | |
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SonicWALL UTM and SSL VPN Combine on Distributed Academic Network. SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced Pulaski County Special School District (,) has deployed a SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E6500 and SonicWALL� Aventail� E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA) EX-1600 appliance to create a SonicWALL Clean VPN� environment. "With our Clean VPN configuration, once remote users are securely connected over SSL VPN, we can apply the same inbound and outbound firewall features as if they were on the local network," said Jimmy Hogg, PCSSD's Assistant Director of Network and Computer Operations. The SonicWALL Clean VPN combines SSL VPN with high-performance Unified Threat Management (UTM) to secure the integrity of both VPN access and VPN traffic. Previously, PCSSD used terminal services to provide staff and vendors with remote access to the network, but the school district was not satisfied with its security. Now, the NSA E6500 applies gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, and Application Firewall, and the EX-1600 verifies that any remote device has the latest updated protection before authorizing the user onto the SSL VPN. "Our users needed easy and secure remote access, but we didn't want to have to load software on their remote computers," said Hogg. "Now we just point them to a Web portal and they can safely link to all the resources they need." PCSSD has deployed SonicWALL Application Firewall to deter use of proxy downloads of music and video, along with access to gaming and social networking sites by limiting bandwidth available for these file types. Hogg uses the SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) to manage over 40 SonicWALL appliances distributed at over 40 locations across 730 square miles. "We are able to push firmware updates, back up configuration files, and manage each appliance and all their feature sets from one console. The GMS also provides us a centralized reporting database that documents all firewall activity for regulatory compliance," said Hogg. "The capability of managing all our firewalls from one console is priceless and saves us countless staff hours." Based on his positive experience, Hogg is looking into future SonicWALL deployments at PCSSD. "We will be evaluating SonicWALL SonicPoint wireless access points for a Clean Wireless deployment. We are also considering using CDP over SSL VPN to back up mobile laptops used by our senior staff members," said Hogg. |