Tuesday, 12 September 2006

Taiwanese Wireless Education Network Secured with Juniper Networks SSL VPN

Juniper has announced that 240 schools served by Taiwan's Taoyuan County Education Network Center (TCENC) have secured and assured their wireless communications network with the Juniper Networks Secure Access 6000 (SA 6000) appliances.

"The wireless campus initiative was the impetus for raising our security posture with the Juniper solution,' said Chuang Shih-kai, head network engineer of Education Network Center, Bureau of Education, Taoyuan County Government. 'Basic security measures were not sufficient for this deployment because the pervasive nature of wireless access demands stringency in authentication, access management, and defense from man-in-the-middle attacks."

"The SA 6000 provides secure access to this ambitious wireless network deployment, which promises to safely increase the learning experience and productivity of Taiwanese students,' said Eric Lin, Juniper's Taiwan country manager. 'By streamlining deployment and administration, the Secure Access platform allows large organisations, such as TCENC, to rapidly reap the benefits of mobility without sacrificing efficiency, security or incurring heavy expenses."