Enterprise Reporter Assists San Diego High School In Preventing Potentially Fatal School Shooting

Enterprise Reporter Assists San Diego High School In Preventing Potentially Fatal School Shooting

San Diego , CA – July 15, 2005– In late May 2005 a teacher at Mission Bay High School (MBHS) in San Diego, CA received an anonymous death threat via his school email account. 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. By using their 8e6 Enterprise Reporter the high school’s Network Technician, Julio Fernandez, and Grant Gutstadt, the District’s Security Administrator, were able to solve the case.

Using data procured via MBHS’ 8e6 Enterprise Reporter Mr. Gutstadt was able to identify the exact IP address that was used to send the email, the actual computer used (a laptop), as well as the exact time stamp from when the message was sent. With this information Mr. Fernandez isolated the exact computer used to email the death threat, and using the physical computer checkout records from the day and time the email was sent he then identified the student to whom that machine was checked out that day. The suspected student was then apprehended and arrested, and will be legally punished accordingly.

By using the 8e6 Enterprise Reporter, Mission Bay High School network security personnel were able to prevent a potentially fatal incident from occurring at the school. Our Enterprise Reporter server has provided us important data on critical occasions such as this one, which is invaluable to any school system, Gutstadt said. 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.

About 8e6 Technologies
8e6 Technologies is a privately held software and hardware developer, specializing in Internet filtering solutions for thousands of businesses, ISPs and schools throughout the world. Located in Orange, California, the company assists clients in managing the impact of the Internet on employee productivity, legal liability and abuse of network resources, through flexible, accurate and high speed filtering of Internet content. For more information, visit: www.8e6technologies.com.

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