All in One: The Cleveland Institute of Art Selects the Barracuda SSL VPN to Ensure Secure Remote Access
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Barracuda SSL VPN
- Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall
Tech Stack
- SSL VPN
- Multi-factor Authentication
- LDAP Integration
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Services
- Cybersecurity Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
University Circle in Cleveland, Ohio is the home to many premier art institutions worldwide. Known for its four-block radius of art galleries and museums, including both the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Museum of Art, University Circle also is home to the Cleveland Institute of Art which supplies the city with the artists that craft many of its masterpieces. The Cleveland Institute of Art offers 19 majors, from craft art to digital art and everything in between. It provides a unique environment from an artist’s perspective as an institution that focuses primarily technology. Even in their strategic planning process, technology is a part of what the institute aspires to daily.
The Challenge
Fed up with per user and annual license fees and complicated configurations with their previous remote access solution, Michael Kimmel, Director of Information Technology, took matters into his own hands and began reviewing new options. Cleveland Institute of Art had been using a VPN solution bundled with their spam firewall product. The institute’s admissions are frequently on the road interviewing new candidates and adding new information to the student enrollment database making remote access a requirement in their network. With the previous solution, each license holder had to have a software client installed and configured on his or her computer in order to access a VPN connection and log on to the company system.
The Solution
With all the problems the Cleveland Institute of Art had experienced with different VPN solutions, Kimmel wanted a solution that was easy to use for his remote team. Recently having displaced the institute’s antispam firewall with a Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and Barracuda Networks’ excellent support team, he decided to demo the Barracuda SSL VPN. Within a few days of configuring the product, Kimmel knew they had found the best solution for the institution. “The Barracuda SSL VPN was configured by my network manager during the first day of my 30 day trail period and we’ve been using it ever since,” Kimmel continued. “The Barracuda Networks solution provides out-of-the-box functionality, making it very easy to set up and manage.” Many of the institute’s network users are admissions counselors who need a VPN solution to update student records while on the road. The Barracuda SSL VPN grants users secure, clientless, remote access into the company network by simply opening any browser and logging in with their own username and password. As long as admissions have an available Internet connection, they would be able to access the files they need from the system. Kimmel noted, “We’ve gotten a lot of feedback that it just works much better for them than any other solution we have implemented.”
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