Reconnex Announces Special ‘e-Risk Assessment’ Program For Higher Education Customers Concerned About Protecting Sensitive & Private Information
Recently Announced George Washington University Customer Demonstrates Greater Control Over Campus-wide Security Risks Only Available With Reconnex Appliance
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27, 2006 - Reconnex, the expert in electronic risk protection, today announced a new program that includes a free risk assessment and discounted pricing specifically geared at higher education. Universities and colleges are increasingly concerned with managing the vast amounts of sensitive & private information circulating on their networks, such as student records, Social Security numbers and financial information. The Reconnex appliances help address data leakage concerns, as well as help schools comply with industry regulations such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), Healthcare Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA). George Washington University’s recent decision to standardize on Reconnex appliances for risk protection highlights the benefits of the Reconnex iGuard solution specifically for the education sector.
The new program provides a free, two-day e-Risk Assessment for qualified higher educational institutions that want to learn about their potential risk exposure. As part of this confidential assessment, Reconnex personnel will provide a detailed report on their findings to the school. All of the information is free and provided at no-charge. Assuming the school is interested in learning more about remediation, the customer can also sign up to receive details on Reconnex’s new higher education discount pricing structure. For more information on the e-Risk Assessment, please visit http://www.reconnex.net/services/48Hour_eRisk_Edu.pdf.
Reconnex iGuard is the only information protection appliance that allows higher education institutions to capture, classify, analyze and temporarily store all network content; perform historical analysis on the captured content to detect unknown threats; and correlate with known threats. Only the iGuard appliance provides 100 percent visibility because it monitors all information entering and leaving the university’s network.
The Reconnex iGuard appliance also works seamlessly with other IT elements widely deployed in higher education, including NetApp storage systems and Tenable Network Security’s Nessus vulnerability scanner. For example, the Tenable solution manages asset vulnerability levels, configurations, logs, system discovery, system intrusions and deviations from typical system behavior. By working in concert, the Reconnex and Tenable solutions provide a comprehensive security audit trail and can minimize response times for IT staff.
"Reconnex is excited to provide higher education customers with a program geared to their complex technical and strict budgetary requirements for protection of their sensitive and private information," said Faizel Lakhani, Vice President of Marketing at Reconnex. "By carefully balancing risk protection with the protection of user privacy so crucial for universities, Reconnex delivers an effective solution for the evolving threat landscape affecting today’s campus-wide networks."
About Reconnex
Reconnex is the leader in information monitoring and protection appliances designed for any organization – including enterprises, government agencies or education institutions – that want to protect their brands, maintain compliance, or protect sensitive information. A privately-held company based in Silicon Valley, Calif., Reconnex appliances protect information for companies such as Cadence, WebEx Communications, The George Washington University, SIRVA and Maimonides Medical Center.
For more information about Reconnex, please visit www.reconnex.net or call 866-940-4590.
