The role of technology in America’s K-12 schools and classrooms is growing. Students use the Internet for research, teachers communicate with parents by email, and staff maintain students’ digital academic and personal records. You must protect your systems and network against a barrage of threats to enable their continued use and meet the obligations of the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Sophos helps more than 2,800 school districts do just that — efficiently and cost effectively. And we can help you too.
Consider this scenario:
A guidance counselor accesses and emails a student’s academic record to a university. Sophos enables the secure transmission of the records by providing:
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Encryption to keep the data safe if the counselor’s laptop is lost or stolen.
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Threat protection to keep his PC safe from viruses, phishing and other threats.
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Data loss prevention controls to warn him that he is about to email a file containing Social Security numbers or other personally identifiable information.
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Policy compliance controls to prevent him from using a web browser with a known security vulnerability or stop him from saving the file to an unencrypted USB stick.
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Blocking of anonymous proxies for web searches because they allow personal information to be accessed by administrators of the proxy server.
Together these technologies ensure the appropriate use of your school’s computers, the privacy of student information and the health of your systems. And you get it all from a vendor that understands the unique needs of a K-12 school IT staff.
We help you:
Reduce the amount of time you spend on security
Our management console allows you to centrally manage all platforms in your infrastructure. Plus, pre-written policies and automated security updates ease administration and enable consistency across your environment.
“The Sophos Central Management Console is very user friendly and easy to deploy… simple deployment with an automated update system is ideal. Sophos provides us that simplicity with instant notification of any concern.”
- Brian St. John, Network Administrator, Oregon Trail School District
Get expert help anytime you need it
Our network threat analysis centers provide 24/7 detection and protection from known and emerging threats. Plus, 24/7 technical support is available at no extra charge from local teams that speak your language.
“As a school district, we spend many hours on the telephone with various technical support teams … Sophos’ technical support team was head-and-shoulders above the rest. Thank you for providing the help we needed. We are glad to do business with Sophos.”
- Charlie Halsel, Technology Department, Bandera Independent School District
Control costs
We have a price sheet specifically for K-12 schools in the United States so you get the protection you need at a price that fits your budget.
“We chose Sophos because it detected and disinfected viruses better than our current solution. It also offered superior control and management and at a lower financial cost. We enjoy the flat license, one license per computer regardless of the operating system. The final factor that convinced us to switch to Sophos was the broad compatibility with other operating systems and the ability to centrally manage all OSes without buying an additional piece of management software.”
- Brett Littrell, Network Manager, Milpitas Unified School District
Streamline vendor management
You get reliable multi-tier threat protection from a single vendor. We offer all the security you need — endpoint, email, web and encryption — at every level: The desktop and server levels as well as the gateway.
“We evaluated many security solutions to protect our network servers and workstations. Sophos Endpoint Security in combination with the ES4000 Email Security Appliance gave us the best coverage at a reasonable cost per seat. From a management standpoint, I sometimes forget we have this in place. Truly “set it and forget it.”
- Paul R. Peterson, Network Manager, Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools
Successfully enable education through secure computing
When you choose protection from Sophos, you get more than software. We consider ourselves partners with each of the K-12 schools we protect. That means we have a vested interest in your success and are there with you every step of the way. We offer professional services as well as a variety of free resources, including our K-12 Security Toolkit , K-12 data loss protection whitepaper and Controlling the Wild Web: Stop Students from Bypassing Your Defenses whitepaper.