Following the student return period in September

Following the student return period in September Student Network Services; Introduced back in November 2005 and continually developed and expanded to manage the University’s student halls of residence network. This ensures that all student network devices are registered, authenticated and scanned for compliance with minimal interaction from the University’s IT support helpdesk. The University is also now providing an optional service for students to download a software agent, that will provide pro-active posture checking without the affecting the students’ network experience. This has the additional benefit of instant communication with the students informing them of key events such as network downtime, emergencies and other useful information.

Campus Wide Visibility; With their systems implemented in ‘Visibility’ mode, the University can provide a full detailed inventory of every device connected on its network, providing a platform to expand security and network access.

Following the student return period in September, the University has future plans to extend the Khipu solution set to its large 15,000 port campus network to enable greater flexibility and security to its users and departments, integrating with its other security systems such as Network Behaviour Analysis (Lancope Stealthwatch) technology.