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Meanwhile, cyberthreats groups from students to administrative staff, are on the rise, and compliance and security of which, all will require access to unique and requirements are more stringent than ever. different subnetworks or cloud environments. Schools must embrace a boundless network The threat landscape continues to evolve as security approach. By knowing the unknown, threats become increasingly evasive. Seldom do providing real-time visibility and enabling schools have knowledge about the compliance breakthrough economics, SonicWall closes concerns or threats involved in using these the cybersecurity business gap for schools, unsanctioned applications. Consequently, they colleges and universities worldwide. have vulnerabilities that IT may not even know For more info click here. about. If these vulnerabilities are not sufficiently monitored or controlled by IT, these apps constitute avenues for data leakages and breaches through stolen credentials and malware. 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ASHLEY LAWRENCE Regional Sales Senior Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa +27 82 903 2690 Ask Ashley SonicWall @sonicwall_inc sonicwall @SonicWall Contact Info www.sonicwalledu.org.za SonicWall Case Study: “Why Rhenish Primary Chose SonicWall to Secure Their Devices and Keep Their Students Safe” SchoolAdvisor chatted with Rhenish Primary’s (Stellenbosch) Principal, Gary Skeeles, to find out why SonicWall was their chosen cybersecurity partner since their school decided to take on a blended learning approach. We wanted to find out what new cybersecurity measures they needed to put in place with many more devices on the school grounds and how SonicWall was able to meet all these. This is what Gary had to say: Q: How many teachers and pupils does your school have? A: 800. Q: What cybersecurity and firewall measures did you have in place before SonicWall, and any specific reasons why you decided to change? A: We had the ISP firewall offsite. This was not nearly comprehensive enough. 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