ConSentry Customers
ConSentry customers include medium and large enterprises, education institutions, carriers, and regulated utilities. The list below is a sample of some of the customers using ConSentry to deploy intelligent control of users and applications.

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An arm of the University of North Carolina, Fayetteville State University (FSU) is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state. Founded in 1867, FSU today serves some 6,300 students with 2,000 faculty and staff. www.uncfsu.edu
Industry
Higher Education
Challenge
Segmenting students, staff, and faculty and assessing endpoint health
Solution
ConSentry LANShield Controllers in the administrative building and LANShield Switches with the dissolvable agent in the dorms for full network access control and user visibility.
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Mineola Union Free School District is a K-12 school system located in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. The district consists of five elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. www.mineola.k12.ny.us
Industry
K-12 Education
Challenge
Mineola School District needed to protect confidentiality of internal resources from unauthorized access and block specific websites campus-wide. In addition, compliance with new regulations such as FERPA (Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) called for more internal controls.
Solution
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Safeguard (powered by ConSentry Networks technology) enabled
network admission control (NAC), guest access, and identity-based network access control. Since it is an overlay solution, OmniAccess SafeGuard causes minimal disruption and modification of existing infrastructure.
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The Mount Pleasant Independent School District is a K-12 school system located in Titus County, Texas that encompasses about 5,000 students and 900 employees spread across eight sites. www.mpisd.net
Industry
K-12 Education
Challenge
MPISD needed network access control to separate student and teacher access on the LAN and to monitor and control how network resources were used.
Solution
The ConSentry LANShield
platform enables identity-based control of users and applications in a single platform.
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The Council of the public schools of the East of Ontario (CEPEO)
serves more than 11 000 pupils in 36 elementary schools, secondary and centers of education for adults. www.cepeo.on.ca
Industry
K-12 Education
Challenge
CEPEO needed differentiated network access control for students versus faculty.
Solution
The ConSentry LANShield platform enables role-based provisioning so CEPEO can provide differentiated network access for faculty versus students.
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As the second largest electric cooperative in Texas, CoServ Electric provides services to more than 100,000 residential, commercial and industrial members in parts of Denton, Collin, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke, and Grayson counties. www.coserv.com
Industry
Energy/Utilities
Challenge
CoServ needed to ensure that unauthorized personnel would not be able to access the LAN.
Solution
The ConSentry LANShield platform enables network access control and secure guest access without any changes to CoServ's existing LAN infrastructure.
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The United Illuminating Company was formed in 1899 when the Bridgeport Electric Company merged with the New Haven Electric Company. UI is a regional distribution utility providing electricity and energy-related services to more than 320,000 customers in the Greater New Haven and Greater Bridgeport areas. www.uinet.com
Industry
Energy/Utilities
Challenge
United Illuminating needed to provide guests with access to the Internet without jeapordizing the company's information systems.
Solution
ConSentry intelligent control enables role-based provisioning so UI can provide differentiated access controls for employees versus guests. Guests get access to the Internet only.
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Alliance Imaging is the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging services.
Alliance partners with hospitals and healthcare providers for Fixed Site Imaging Centers, Shared Mobile Services, and cancer services with a focus on Radiation Therapy. www.allianceimaging.com
Industry
Healthcare
Challenge
A need to maintain security across disparate hospital networks, with full tracking and logging for auditing purposes.
Solution
ConSentry LANShield Controller in main facilities and LANShield Switch in remote locations for full network access control.
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Bosley Medical Group is a world leader in hair loss and medical hair restoration, having performed almost 200,000 hair transplant procedures on men and women from 60 different nations who suffered from hair loss and progressive baldness. Bosley
Industry
Healthcare.
Challenge
Bosley needed to limit access to sensitive resources on the LAN. The company also had contractors routinely coming onto the LAN having used their systems outside the corporate network, leaving the company vulnerable to malware.
Solution
The LANShield platforms provide role-based network access control and works transparently in this heterogeneous switch environment.
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Mercy Medical Center is a thriving hospital in Baltimore MD, recognized nationally for its quality patient care, state-of-the-art facilities, and outstanding medical staff. www.mdmercy.com
Industry
Healthcare
Challenge
Mercy needed to keep traffic from doctors, nurses, administrative staff, and visitors separate and provide network access control for each user group.
Solution
ConSentry LANShield controls who is able to access the LAN, and identity-based controls limit access to resources throughout the medical resources.
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Omneon Video Networks is the le ading provider of cost-effective and flexible networked media servers for broadcast and video. www.omneon.com
Industry
High Technology
Challenge
Omneon needed to host guests and partners on their network without jeapordizing their corporate intellectual property.
Solution
The ConSentry LANShield Controller enables the company to control access to the network without making any changes to its LAN, switches, or endpoints.
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Telefónica is a world leader in the telecommunication sector, with presence in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. www.telefonica.com
Industry
Service Provider
Challenge
Telefonica wanted to offer secure LAN services to its customers with a platform that could be integrated into any network infrastructure.
Solution
The ConSentry LANShield Controller enables Telefonica to quickly roll out differentiated network access controls on clients' networks without disruption.
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Santander is the largest bank in the Euro Zone by market capitalization and one of the largest worldwide. Founded in 1857, Santander has 809,000 million euros in assets and 961,000 million euros in managed funds, over 66 million customers, 129,000 employees, 10,200 offices and a presence in 40 countries. www.gruposantander.com
Industry
Financial Services/Banking
Challenges
The company needed to establish granular controls over which users could reach which resources and applications.
Solution
ConSentry’s LANShield platform, delivered through a managed LAN service by Telefonica, provides role-based control, providing employees, contractors, and guests with access to only those servers and applications they need to do their job.
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Texas Credit Union League is the official state trade association serving credit unions in Texas. www.tcul.coop
Industry
Financial Services/Banking
Challenges
The TCUL had no way to control access on the LAN, and they wanted to match the level of “external” security they had deployed within the LAN itself.
Solution
ConSentry provides a simple, cost-effective way for the TCUL to implement network access control and limit who can come onto the LAN and what users can do on the LAN.
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Established in 1972, Town North Bank is one of the largest independent banks in North Dallas, Texas. www.tnboline.com
Industry
Financial Services/Banking
Challenges
The Town North Bank needed a cost-effective way to limit user access to customer records in support of PCI compliance.
Solution
ConSentry's LANShield platforms enable the bank to implement role-based controls that follow the user, instead of being tied to a LAN port. The bank was able to meet PCI's demands without the complexity of implementing VLANs and ACLs.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Nevada with a daily circulation of more than 160,000 and a Sunday circulation of more than 224,000. www.lvrj.com
Industry
Media/Publishing
Challenges
The media company needed to support a roaming user community and provide differentiated access rights for various employee groups.
Solution
ConSentry’s LANShield Controllers and LANShield Switches enable LVRJ to employ role-based policies that follow the reporters and sales reps, so users can reach only the applications and resources needed for their job responsibilities, regardless of their location.
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