Case Study
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Improves Its Security Posture With Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Improves Its Security Posture With Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector
1 Tokyo Medical and Dental University: Akamai Case Study Akamai Helps University Significantly Reduce Internal and External Security Alerts When an organization undertakes a major network transformation project, securing the infrastructure and protecting users in the new environment needs careful consideration. This is precisely the situation that the IT Development Section at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) faced after upgrading its network in 2017. This team is responsible for operating and managing the network covering the Yushima, Surugadai, and Kounodai campuses. They also manage the guest Wi-Fi in shared spaces throughout the university and oversee more than 6,000 users. Initially, the team determined that deploying unified threat management (UTM) appliances with