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| | Fortinet Secures Ryerson University's Gigabit-Speed Network of Over 50,000 Users |
 | | Ryerson University deployed over 40 FortiGate™ enterprise security appliances to protect its campus' vast IT network, including over 50,000 student, employee and alumni users and numerous data services such as video conferencing, multicasting, interactive multimedia course-ware and other multi-platform technologies. |
 | | Ryerson University was tasked with the challenge of protecting its vast network against increased attacks and unwanted traffic such as viruses, spyware and worms, while securing a growing amount of multi-platform devices that have restricted and unrestricted access to its campus network, which includes gigabit speed Internet connections. |
 | | In addition, Ryerson University had different security needs in different parts of its network, with various subnets for academic disciplines and departments such as administration, finance and human resources that required individual security policies. |
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