Network Behavior Analysis for Education

NetFort are specialists in the University and College Sector, with prestigious customers including the London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Heriot-Watt and Kingston University.


Network managers in Education usually have to address a number of issues specific to their sector. They are often dealing with huge networks that are open and loosely controlled. The network is often physically distributed, with different campuses in different locations. It is hard to gain visibility to, identify/troubleshoot problems and secure the network without imposing unacceptable levels of control. In addition, there are the usual concerns about compliance, security, governance, and increasingly the need to measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and meet performance targets, which are set through benchmarking with other institutions.

In our experience, the following are of particular focus for Education Sector network professionals:

  • Visibility of internal network traffic
  • Capacity planning and network performance
  • Problem identification, troubleshooting & resolution
  • Monitoring of individual named user activity - in establishments with under 18s

In response, we have adapted and refined the LANGuardian to fully address the needs of University and College network managers. NetFort provides an easy to use dashboard, giving visibility into network performance and our drill-down features for problem identification and monitoring of traffic by named user.

Key benefits we provide include:

  • Visibility of all network activity via one interface
  • Network performance improvement
  • Accelerated troubleshooting and drilldown
  • Policy enforcement, compliance and governance