Inverted Firewall Prevents Worm & Virus Spread

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Inverted Firewall Prevents Rapidly Propagating Worms And Viruses

SecurityProNews | Staff Writer

Centenary College, the first College in the State of New Jersey to become completely 100% wireless, has deployed the Inverted Firewall to prevent the spread of rapidly propagating worms and viruses on its internal network.

"We wanted a way to actively protect our network -- and our students -- from these threats, but without the burden of deploying agents on every laptop or having to constantly update signatures," said Gary Lindgren, CIO, Centenary College. "The Inverted Firewall met our requirements better than any of the other solutions we examined -- and it has already automatically identified and blocked 20 infected laptops from the network in the first few weeks of this semester. When the students brought their laptops to the help desk for remediation, we saw some machines carrying 90 to 100 threats. The ability to prevent these infections from finding their way onto the network is critical for maintaining our network availability and performance."

To enable new learning methods and resources for its students, Centenary created a program that provides a laptop to every one of its full-time undergraduates at its Hackettstown campus. In conjunction with Centenary's state-of-the-art, 100% wireless campus network, this innovative program provides students with 24-hour access to tools and materials they need to complete their coursework. However, Centenary found that with the new laptops came new security problems -- students were coming back from winter, spring and summer breaks with malcode on their laptops that would then propagate throughout the network, impacting network performance and causing burdensome cleanup issues.

"The Inverted Firewall, with its behavioral detection methods and precise mitigation at the threat source, gives Centenary a new level of security control over the laptops connecting to its wireless network," said Tom Duffy, President & CEO, igxglobal. "This control translates into immediate value to both the IT staff, who avoid cleaning up hundreds of devices, and to the students, who have uninterrupted access to network resources."

"Centenary College has a great vision for technology-enabled learning," said Greg Stock, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mirage Networks. "We are pleased that the Inverted Firewall helps Centenary protect the investments they have made in their wireless network and laptop programs, stopping worms and viruses from interrupting or damaging these valuable educational resources."

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