University of Florida Foundation Secures Donor Information with Enterasys
The University of Florida Foundation, Inc. is the fundraising arm of the University of Florida. With the task of serving the private giving needs of the University of Florida, ensuring that the network is set up to protect the donor’s personal information is of utmost importance in earning donor trust and achieving the UF Foundation’s capital campaign goal to raise $1.5 billion by 2012.
After evaluating proposals from other leading networking vendors, the UF Foundation selected Enterasys to deliver identity-based policy enforcement for its multi-vendor network infrastructure; protecting private donor information and helping security administrators comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) and State of Florida regulations. By leveraging easy-to-use management software that requires minimal IT staffing resources, the UF Foundation will be able to operate their Enterasys infrastructure with two people, part time.
The UF Foundation relies on the Enterasys NetSight® centralized visibility and control management suite to proactively protect the confidentiality of donor information through “what you need is what you get” policies that map to business departments and processes. With Enterasys NetSight in place, more than 350 users and 1,000 devices are authenticated across five buildings and several remote locations in Miami, Gainesville, Tampa, Atlanta and New York.
“We can now prove, in an audit, to our Board of Directors, and to our current and potential donors, that our network and their personal information is secure,” explained Brian Marquis, Network Systems Administrator for the UF Foundation. “Every department at the Foundation needs access to very specific resources to do their jobs. With Enterasys, we can provide granular visibility into which departments have access to certain types of information—which is crucial for us to validate when the auditors arrive.”
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