Riverstone Networks Network Device K-12 user manual

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Thought Leadership Profile | Alcatel•Lucent
What’s NEXT in Secure K-12
Learning Environments
Introduction schools and districts understand their security require-
As K-12 networks grow and more schools and districts ments, identify vulnerabilities and reduce risk, as well as
move toward one-to-one computing programs, the need defend against and respond to attacks.
has never been greater for secure learning environments. Alcatel-Lucent’s security consulting and integration
Security in schools

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Cheltenham Township School District — Enhancing Student Safety Cheltenham Township School District in Pennsylvania was looking for a way to enhance the educational environ- ment and security for the school district’s 4,700 students and more than 600 staff members. Cheltenham needed to establish district-wide communications capabilities, which included installing security with text messaging, paging and conferencing and incorporating E911. The district realized during security drills that

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Ridley High School is the newly constructed high school and tools that simplify this process and support security for the Ridley School District. Ridley High has a student management for both Alcatel-Lucent and third-party body of 1,600 students in grades nine through 12. networking devices. Don Otto, director of computer and network services At the heart of Alcatel-Lucent’s network security solution for the Ridley School District, has been aggressive in his are strong security features embe

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“The new Alcatel-Lucent platform enables the district to ensure the safety of our students and forge stronger communications between teachers and parents.” — Christopher W. McGinley, superintendent, Cheltenham Township School District OmniAccess SafeGuard lets districts peer deeper into Cheltenham and Ridley schools, districts get a compre- network traffic to determine what users are doing on the hensive set of tools to secure the learning environment. network and then compare that with what