Case study Cisco public Brookline Secures Growing IoT and BYOD Environment Town reduces infected machines by 70 percent and blocks 37 million pieces of malware per year The Town of Brookline, located near Boston, Massachusetts, has 60,000 residents, nine schools, a public safety department, a library, and municipal offices. The town prides itself on being forward-thinking when it comes to technology and education. It supports and protects roughly 15,000 devices on its network. Recently, Brookline faced a number of security challenges stemming from a dramatic increase in Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) machines. According to the town’s director of network operations, Zeray Assefa, Brookline’s network is growing at about 3000 new machines a year. Everythin

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