20 Success Stories for 20 Years in Business: Cisco Edition

Case Study #4 For a top Canadian international college, diversity is the key to securing its IT infrastructure.

A college in Alberta with a total enrollment of more than 18,000 that offers a diverse, multicultural learning experience, to a student body that speaks 115 different languages turned to Long View and Cisco to enhance the overall security of its IT infrastructure. Long View’s expertise with securing diverse and complex IT infrastructures coupled with Cisco’s industry-leading solutions provided the answers for the college and its students.

Challenges                 

• Revitalize the college’s core network
• Enhance the college’s ability to detect and mitigate malicious activity
• Enrich the use of identity services
• Heighten security and privacy

Solutions

• Cisco ISE/TRUSTSEC
• Cisco Firewall
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco ISE/TRUSTSEC
• Cisco AMP for Endpoints
• Provide project management capabilities
• Create documentation

Results

• The college streamlined its security policy management.
• Reduced operating costs.
• Improved their security plan and documentation.