{"id":454648,"date":"2021-03-10T08:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=454648"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:03:20","slug":"ivy-league-research-university-dartmouth-chooses-wootclouds-hypercontext-security-platform-for-campus-wide-device-security-and-next-generation-access-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ivy-league-research-university-dartmouth-chooses-wootclouds-hypercontext-security-platform-for-campus-wide-device-security-and-next-generation-access-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League Research University, Dartmouth, Chooses WootCloud\u2019s HyperContext\u00ae Security Platform for Campus Wide Device Security and Next Generation Access Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nWootCloud Addresses Unmanaged Device Challenges for Dartmouth, Delivering Visibility and Analytics While Driving Remediation to Mitigate Threats Specific to Higher Education Institutions
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HANOVER, N.H., March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WootCloud<\/a>, an innovative device security company, today announced that Dartmouth has selected its HyperContext\u00ae Security Platform for end-to-end visibility, context and threat remediation.<\/p>\n

Dartmouth selected the WootCloud SaaS-based platform not only for its ability to deliver the highest level of device security, network visibility and analytics across the entire campus and student body, but also for WootCloud\u2019s unique ability to mitigate security threats by discovering indicators of compromise and driving remediation at an individual device level.<\/p>\n

As a forward-thinking organization, Dartmouth\u2019s management team had been an early adopter in the device visibility space, having recognized the security challenges associated with a plethora of unmanaged devices, from cutting edge R&D equipment to student devices such as gaming consoles and connected speakers. Dartmouth realized that its existing IT, IoT and R&D infrastructure required a passive, agentless solution that would help address challenges around device discovery, deep analytics & inspection and automated threat defense, all the while allowing Dartmouth\u2019s IT team to retain full control of the access policies. That insight led Dartmouth to procure the HyperContext platform.<\/p>\n

Sean McNamara, Sr. Director Information Security at Dartmouth said, “WootCloud’s micro-segmentation capabilities are a game-changer. We will be able to make on-the-fly access control decisions based on a person’s identity as well as their normal patterns of usage and device hygiene characteristics. This will allow us to make the most of our investments in information security by ensuring the most effective protections are in front of the right people and right resources.”<\/p>\n

A key decision factor for Dartmouth was that WootCloud outperformed incumbent solutions on core threat and risk use cases. In addition, the solution offered new capabilities around network micro-segmentation and next generation access control using the existing access point infrastructure at no additional cost. Focusing on specific use cases such as bandwidth utilization, device identification related to student health and safety, and access rights for visiting faculty and students, WootCloud demonstrated its ability to adapt its technology to the challenges faced specifically by the higher education<\/a> community.<\/p>\n

“What drew me to WootCloud is that it does more than simply check all the boxes,\u201d said Felix Windt, Sr. Director of Network Services at Dartmouth. \u201cIt\u2019s not a black box solution, but a platform that easily integrates into our existing ecosystem. WootCloud gives us building blocks to use going forward as we develop and incorporate new solutions that will ultimately need to know what a networked device is and who it belongs to.”<\/p>\n

\u201cDartmouth\u2019s implementation of WootCloud validates our ability to quickly secure a network with the most advanced AI-based capabilities for enterprise IoT security,\u201d said Amit Srivastav, CEO of WootCloud. \u201cIn addition, it underscores other aspects of our Higher Education focus, which include not only ensuring academic integrity via adherence to use policies, but also quickly determining devices and users that might be in the vicinity of an incident or outbreak, especially in today\u2019s environment, as part of a Health and Safety contact tracing policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based security platform, its especially gratifying to be selected by the very institution that saw the birth of AI during a Summer Research Project in 1956,\u201d added Srivastav.<\/p>\n

\n More About WootCloud\u2019s HyperContext Security Platform <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

An AI based, agent-less solution, WootCloud\u2019s award-winning Hyper-Context Security Platform<\/a> provides contextualized visibility and analytics for all devices, and uses this intelligence to segment the network, correlate threats and vulnerability propagation across interfaces and automate access control. Capabilities include:<\/p>\n