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Tokiwa University's Integrated Campus Network Security Solution with Check Point

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Technology Category
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
  • Networks & Connectivity - Gateways
Applicable Industries
  • Education
  • National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
  • Product Research & Development
Use Cases
  • Smart Campus
  • Tamper Detection
Services
  • Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
Tokiwa University is a private educational corporation in Japan that was founded as a junior college in 1966. The university now encompasses the entire range of education from kindergarten to graduate school. In May 2005, the university unveiled its new Media and Information Technology Center to facilitate education and research across the campus, as well as offer more effective classes to students. The center houses a full inventory of digital equipment, including computers, video production studios and equipment, and much more. Consolidated and centralized resources allow information to be shared among departments separated geographically but now connected electronically. This has fostered an environment that facilitates education and research.
The Challenge
Tokiwa University, a private educational corporation in Japan, unveiled its new Media and Information Technology Center in 2005 to facilitate education and research across the campus. The center houses a full inventory of digital equipment, including computers, video production studios and equipment, and much more. In 1995, the university connected to the Internet through participation in SINET (Science Information Network). As the needs of the faculty and students quickly grew beyond Web browsing and email, branching into a variety of other applications, the university faced growing issues of network bandwidth and guaranteed availability. The university needed to balance security with network expansion and guaranteed availability. They needed an environment allowing free access to the Internet for students, which means they absolutely had to have strong security measures in place.
The Solution
In the year following its connection to SINET, the university implemented VPN-1/FireWall-1, the most popular perimeter firewall in the world because it uses INSPECT, the most adaptive and intelligent inspection technology, to provide both network- and application-layer protection. When a wireless LAN environment was implemented, allowing faculty and students to use their mobile PCs on campus, the university foresaw that those PCs would have insufficient security measures and knew that the network would need protection not only from external threats but internal ones as well. To resolve these issues, Tokiwa adopted Check Point’s InterSpect internal security gateway. InterSpect protects internal networks from personal mobile computers that may not be secure. It incorporates functions to prevent the proliferation of worms and other attacks inside a network, segment an internal network into protected security zones by department, and quarantine infected devices that propagate attacks or worms. Tokiwa University also keeps ahead of evolving Internet security threats by subscribing to SmartDefense Services for real-time updates and security advisories for its Check Point security infrastructure.
Operational Impact
  • When Tokiwa University chose FireWall-1 in 1996, two factors were important: The interface was easy to understand—greatly simplifying the deployment and ongoing management of multiple firewalls—and Firewall-1 was software-based, so the university could run it on its existing Unix servers. The core INSPECT technology forms a foundation upon which a newer architecture in the form of Application Intelligence and SmartDefense has been built. From simple misuse of packets to large-scale attacks, this technology offers thorough protection for an organization’s network. At present, the school restricts personal computer connections to the LAN inside specially segmented areas in the Media and Information Technology Center. However, the plan is to expand the number of areas where students and faculty can connect.
Quantitative Benefit
  • The university's campus backbone has been upgraded to between 2Gbps and 8Gbps bandwidth
  • Classrooms and research labs have been outfitted with either 10Mbps or 100Mbps connectivity
  • The school is in its second phase of construction, implementing gigabit connectivity for research labs around the campus

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