Cisco ASA NGFW for University Data Center and Disaster Recovery Sites
Description
When Victoria University of Wellington experiences an earthquake, it needs consistent security policies and simplified operations to protect data and maintain uptime. The university’s Information Technology Services team used Cisco firewall geo-clustering technology to build safeguards and security into its network and technology environment.
Challenges
- Link campus data center with mirrored disaster recovery site
- Help ensure high availability of data centers in earthquake-prone region
- Streamline operations, security policies, reduce IT costs to support academic community
- University campus lobby
- Cisco next-generation firewalls with geo-clustering paired with refreshed Cisco data center
- Two business professionals talk on a park bench
- Helped enable consolidation of multisite data center policies that are easy to set up and use
- Facilitated data center redundancy to ensure high availability in earthquake-prone area
- Lowered cost of ownership by 20%
Details
Business tasks
Ensure Security and Business Continuity
Problems
Aging IT infrastructure
Risk of data loss or damage
Risk of lost access to data and IT systems