Case Study Pepperdine University - 1063 Words

Case Study – Pepperdine University BYOD at Pepperdine University: Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry Provides a Network Connection as Easy as Starbucks †¦ Only Safer Network Sentry Integrates With Sourcefire IDS to Enable Rapid Threat Remediation for Pepperdine University. Pepperdine University is a liberal arts and research university with about 8,500 students and 2,000 faculty at its main campus near Malibu and five graduate schools across Southern California. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement has been a way of life at Pepperdine for many years. Thanks to Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry, students, faculty and staff, as well as thousands of guests at camps, tours and special events can use their personal devices safely on the†¦show more content†¦How do you block infected devices without restricting the vast majority that are safe? These questions led Cary to another key insight: â€Å"The device type doesn’t matter — what’s important is to provide appropriate access and respond immediately to any security threat.† Cary created a new kind of network control for BYOD at Pepperdine that could meet the needs of a dynamic campus community. â€Å"We need to know who is on our network, give them appropriate access, and let them know where they stand at all times. And we need a solution that’s fully automated and user-friendly, which is easy to do with Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry.† Securing the Network for BYOD Pepperdine uses Bradford Networks’ Network Sentry Secure Enterprise Advanced (SEA) module, which includes a Network Access Control (NAC) solution to provide flexible, secure BYOD that enhances the University experience. Network Sentry’s endpoint visibility and automated, policy-based access control enable thousands of varied users to access the University network with their devices of choice. Users get on the network quickly with access according to their role. Students, faculty and staff enter their Pepperdine credentials to register their device once, and can then access the appropriate University network whenever they want. Contractors get access set by their sponsoring department, while guests get web access only to public campus sites and the Internet. Furthermore, using Network Sentry’s guest