August 26 , 2008
Dougherty County Schools Chooses DeepNines for Security and Control
Georgia district was struggling with web proxies and lack of network visibility
DALLAS - August 26, 2008 - DeepNines Technologies announced today that Dougherty County Schools in Albany, GA has selected DeepNines iTrust to secure their students and control their network.
Dougherty County Schools realized that despite their investment in a costly content filter, students were easily using web proxies and other circumvention techniques to access inappropriate material online during school hours. The district also needed a solution that could provide granular network control.
“Our favorite thing about the DeepNines solution is the degree of control it gives us,” said Bill Dorminy, technology director at Dougherty County Schools. “With our old filter, we often had to make broad network changes to accommodate a single user but with DeepNines we have the ability to set policies for a variety of different users and situations.”
Dougherty County Schools is located in the Albany, Georgia area with an enrollment of just under 17,000. Dougherty County Schools believes that students must have the educational foundation to succeed in an ever changing, global society. The district focuses on integrating technology into the classroom, and ensuring that it is used as effectively as possible. One of the district’s mantras is that “technology must be infused into instructional practice and student learning until technological competency becomes routine.”
DeepNines iTrust gave Dougherty County Schools the assurance that their students were utilizing the district’s instructional technology to its fullest potential. iTrust’s granular network visibility has allowed the district to make informed decisions about the types of content and levels of access allowed on their network.
“The DeepNines solution has been incredible,” said Dorminy. “For the first time, we have complete control of our network, and we know that our students are utilizing the Internet for its educational resources and content”
About DeepNines
DeepNines Technologies is a premier network security solutions provider that takes a visionary approach to security, with a patented unified threat management (UTM) appliance that is both straightforward and effective. DeepNines’ scalable security platform integrates firewall, signature and behavior-based intrusion prevention and traffic management into a single solution that prevents both known and unknown attacks from entering the network. To learn more about DeepNines, please visit www.deepnines.com.
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