8e6 R3000 Internet Filter Reporting Thwarts San Diego High School Death Threat

Internet Filtering, Monitoring and Reporting Prevents Potential Tragedy - Summary

The 8e6 R3000 Internet Filter , an internet filtering, monitoring and reporting solution was crucial in preventing a potential tragedy at a San Diego High School in May 2005. Part of the San Diego City Schools district serving over 136,000 students, data from the 8e6 Enterprise Reporter led the district’s network and internet security personnel to identify the anonymous sender of a death threat sent via email to a teacher at the High School.

Through the verbiage used in the email it was clear that it was written by one of the teacher's students. Due to the life-threatening nature of the email, and the fact that the student had imposed an actual date that the violence would occur, it was critical that the student who sent this email be identified immediately and handled accordingly. The email was forwarded to the high school's Network Technician, who then brought in Grant Gutstadt, the District's Security Administrator, to help him work the case.

Gutstadt utilized the 8e6 Enterprise Reporter, a standalone appliance that works with the 8e6 R3000GS Internet Filter, to isolate the machine used to send the email threat. "Our Enterprise Reporter was key in collecting the exact data we needed in a very short amount of time. Within 24 hours the information procured helped narrow the number of suspected students to less than a dozen," he explains. With the supervision of a police officer, the school’s site technician was then able to isolate the exact computer used, and from the physical computer checkout day and time records, identified the student who had used the system in the time period the email was sent. The suspected student was apprehended and arrested and a potential tragedy averted.

"Our Enterprise Reporter server has provided us important data on critical occasions such as this one, which is invaluable to any school system," Gutstadt says. "With more than 50,000 users, 8e6's solutions afford us excellent protection for students and staff, and allow us to maintain a single policy across our 200 school sites. This simplifies our support needs and we are able to allocate our resources - which are always in short supply - to other critical support needs."

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