Bonham Independent School District, TX
“Compliance with CIPA is important,” said Bret Simpson, director of technology at Bonham ISD. “But it is not important because it is the law, it is important because it is the right thing to do. Protecting students from inappropriate content is our highest priority and that is what DeepNines iTrust allowed us to do.”
Clarkston Community Schools, MI
“We were impressed with the way DeepNines iTrust could help us block inappropriate content that might otherwise find ways around our current solution.” said, Matt McCarty, executive director of technology. “We pride ourselves on putting our students first and quickly decided to deploy DeepNines iTrust to protect our most critical assets at Clarkston – the children,” continued McCarty.
Consolidated High School District 230, IL
“At District 230, keeping students safe is our top priority,” said Bob Wilkerson, senior support technician at Consolidated High School District 230. “With iTrust from DeepNines, we know our acceptable use policies are being followed, and that students are utilizing the Internet for research, instructional videos, approved podcasts and other education-related activities.”
Dougherty County Schools, GA
“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.”
Hamline University, MN
"We needed a security system that would protect us without a lot of human intervention. Before the Security Edge Platform, we had plenty of problems. DeepNines was excellent at helping us test and deploy the system. The appliance has been working without issues since we implemented it. We are very happy with our purchase," said Anthony Schroeder, director of network services at Hamline University.
Highland Park Independent School District, TX
"Our existing network investments were actually complemented by the DeepNines SEP. The reduction in the amount of unwanted traffic eased the burden on the Internet connection and on networking devices such as routers and switches. DeepNines also eliminated the use of web proxies that were being use by many students to get around existing security devices," said Ron Smith, administrator of technical services at Highland Park Independent School District.
John Paul II High School, TX
“Giving students access to Internet was necessary to allow them to truly benefit from our technology-oriented curriculum, however Internet access comes with an added layer of risk,” said Kristopher Thurston, technical specialist. “With DeepNines iTrust in place as a barrier between our students and the Internet, we are now confident that our students have access to all the good educational content available to them while keeping unsuitable content and applications out.”
Plattsburgh City Schools, NY
"DeepNines iTrust allows me to see exactly what is happening on my network, and that has been invaluable. In the past I had to simply wait for things to happen before I could react; now I'm in control of my network."
Southern Boone County School District, MO
"After implementing DeepNines iTrust, our students began posting complaints online about how they could no longer get to certain entertainment and social networking websites," said Melody Nichols, technology coordinator for Southern Boone County School District. "I had parents and administrators complementing me on the DeepNines solution immediately. It doesn't get any better than that!"
University of Georgia
"The university expects the DeepNines Security Edge Platform will save 20 percent of a security analysts time for a total of 40 full-time employee hours each week, allowing our anti-virus and IDS employees to do other tasks, In addition the university expects to receive 25-35 fewer calls to its help desk each week, improving productivity and allowing help desk staff to perform other duties," said Stan Gatewood, chief information security officer (CISO) at the University of Georgia.
Sun Microsystems
"DeepNines provides customers with a proactive, intelligent, intrusion prevention and anti-virus solution that stops complex, blended threats, with Sleuth9 on Solaris/SPARC and Solaris x86, large and small companies can be confident they have a robust solution for network security," said Manish Bhuptani, director of network services, marketing department at Sun Mircosystems.
Aspire.net
"DeepNines' position outside the firewall is vital. If you put something behind the firewall, you run the risk that your network may get saturated or compromised. The DeepNines Security Edge Platform is our first line of defense," said Sam Collier, cofounder and chief technology officer (CTO) at Union Square Technology Group LLC and Aspire.net.
Celerity
"We looked at several solutions that sat behind the router and decided they could not serve as our primary perimeter defense system. The recent IPv4 exploit has validated our decision to deploy DeepNines," said Tony La Rosa, vice president of information technology at Celerity.
PC World Magazine
"iTrust, has the intuition to block access to both known and unknown malicious online content and web proxies. Despite the presence of URL filters, school administrators have found students use Web proxies to make an indirect connection to the Internet through an outside proxy server," said Brian Prince, editor at PC World.
Supreme Roofing
"We needed a simple comprehensive security solution that would protect our network and not overload our IT department. We looked at several solutions and found DeepNines to be the most feature rich but simple solution to deploy and a reasonable cost," said Jeff Sterrett, chief financial officer (CFO) at Supreme Roofing.
T.H.E. Journal
"Based on DeepNines' Security Edge Platform and SurfControl's URL filtering technologies, the new system, "Security Edge Platform iTrust, is an "intelligent" filter designed to block both known and unknown content that may be inappropriate for access by students from within schools," said Dave Nagel, executive editor at T.H.E. Journal.
Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA
“Selecting DeepNines was an easy choice for us,” said Robert Cochran, network administrator at Archdiocese of New Orleans. “They were the only vendor that offered us true end-to-end network security and online protection for our students, while other leading content filtering solutions were only able to deliver basic or known content protection.”
Northrop Grumman
"We encourage our customers to take a layered approach to their network security, the recent vulnerability that can impact network routers reinforces our belief in perimeter security," said Jonathan Smith, civilian director, computer systems, Northrop Grumman Information Technology.
Peachnet (Georgia University System)
"New viruses like MyDoom and Mimail often attempt to send email messages using a built-in SMTP engine. These tactics bypass the normal SMTP host and any anti-virus that it has, scanning or blocking SMTP traffic at the perimeter may be the only way to prevent this kind of malicious traffic from leaving your network," said Buz Dale, information security specialist for the University System of Georgia.