Restating the ITS deployment of intrusion protection devices to all school locations as described in Weekly Briefing #1549 posted on 1/11/2007.

Technical details regarding Tipping Point deployment:

• The Tipping Poing Model X505 will be connected to the school LAN
• Provides the school with local IPS technology
  • Prevents attacks from other schools or administrative offices
  • Quarantines all infected desktops located in your school
  • Prevents infected desktops from accessing the MDCPS WAN and internet
• Will not interfere with any existing LAN or WAN traffic other than checking, identifying and quarantining the infected desktops
• Once properly installed, it will display on the District console accordingly

How it will be installed:

• Will be installed by United Data Technologies (UDT) staff
• UDT will contact your school to schedule a time when they can visit and when you, the school technician, is available
• No action will be required on your part, however, we recommend that you be present to answer questions and to have an awareness of this device
• Once installed, the device will be managed by ITS; similar to the way the site router is done
• Under no circumstances should you, the school technician do any of the following unless specifically directed by authorized ITS staff:
  • alter the placement of the device
  • power down the device
  • plug any other cables into the device
  • remove any cables from the device
• If the a school does not have a permanent school technician or the school utilizes the shared technician model, ITS will be present during the installation process
• Deployment is being done on a Regional Center by Regional Center basis starting with Regional Center 1

Questions or concerns should be directed to Tom Sims, Director of Network Services at tsims@dadeschools.net.