Fortinet’s Academic Partner Program Trains the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals
Here’s how several universities are collaborating with Fortinet to prepare students for a career in cybersecurity. Learn more.
Fall Classes Are Starting – How Secure Is Your Campus Going To Be?
Read about the challenges colleges and universities face to improve the state of higher education cybersecurity in Fall 2022.
Addressing Growing Application and Bandwidth Risks in Education Networks
According to recent FortiGuard Labs research that looked at technology and threat trends among educational institutions in the US, both K-12 and higher education institutions are consistently operating at the cutting edge of technology use. However, this growth in the use of technology also creates new security challenges that need to be addressed.
The Opportunity to Create Safer Schools and Campuses with Physical and Cybersecurity Solutions
Educators across the country are challenged to ensure students have access to safe and productive environments where they can advance their education and careers. In 2018, achieving this goal is becoming increasingly difficult. Maintaining efficient security means schools and universities need a combination of physical and cybersecurity solutions that work together to keep students and faculty safe without causing the environments to become less conducive to student success.
Unified Threat Management for Higher Education
Higher education is embracing new technology and open networks to foster student innovation. Learn how unified threat management can manage cost and thwart threats while improving operational efficiency.
Fortinet Breaks Ground on New Threat Intelligence and R&D Center in Vancouver, Canada
On December 7, 2017 Fortinet officially broke ground on our new threat intelligence and research and development campus located next to our existing facilities in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
What Education IT Professionals Can Learn at the 2017 CETPA Annual Conference
The 2017 CETPA Annual Conference will be held from November 14th– 17th at the Pasadena Convention Center. Fortinet is excited to be sponsoring and attending this event. We encourage attendees to visit with our team at booth number 423. Additionally, Fortinet will be participating in multiple events and presentations to inform education IT professionals of best practices for securing their networks in the evolving threat landscape and protecting personal data with increased network visibility.
Protecting Higher Education Networks with Secure Access Architecture
Colleges and universities have unique wireless network and security needs. They are typically densely-populated and highly-collaborative environments. Students and faculty alike rely on a consistent wireless connection that allows them fast and constant communication with each other across campuses and buildings. They require access to various online resources and publications to conduct research for assignments and lesson plans, as well as access to various applications and software solutions to record, present, and share their findings. Furthermore,...
Internet2: A Collaborative Power That Needs to be Secured
For what started as a research network that was largely owned and operated by top universities, the Internet as we know it today has become much more. In 1969, ARPANET carried the first data packets between two separate nodes. During its genesis, ARPANET included the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute before adding the University of Utah and University of California, Santa Barbara. What began as a 4-node network in 1969 had swelled to include 213 hosts by 1981. From there, it took off. The Internet’s...
Protecting Higher Education Data in Today’s Digital World
The proliferation of global network connectivity thanks to technological advances and a growing number of connected devices has had a number of positive impacts on today’s higher education institutions. From cloud services to the Internet of Things (IoT), students and faculty are now able to stay connected while outside the classroom or laboratories to improve learning and research. However, all of this private information sharing has also opened the doors to increased cybercriminal activity targeting higher ed. Any exchanged information,...
