CUSTOMER CASE STUDY AMAL JYOTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AJCE),

Technical education
provider Amal Jyothi ups
the game with Sophos.
Amal Jyothi College of Engineering (AJCE), located in Kanjirappally, Kerala,India, is a professional educational institution offering technical higher
education and research. It is affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam TechnologicalUniversity. The college was established in 2001 and is the first new-generationengineering college in Kerala with all departments accredited by the prestigious
National Board of Accreditation (NBA).
AJCE has more than 3,500 students and more than 380 faculty members. It
regularly conducts online classes and exams and therefore requires a high-end
security solution that facilitates smooth operations.

CUSTOMER-AT-A-GLANCE
Amal Jyothi College ofEngineering (AJCE)

Websitewww.ajce.inIndustry
Education

Number of Users
5,000

Sophos Solutions
Sophos XG 650

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Challenges
ÌÌ Poor connectivity across the campus
ÌÌ Lack of visibility into users’ browsing patterns – did
not flag inappropriate use

ÌÌ Difficulty applying rules-based policies to monitorusage

ÌÌ Inability to create intelligent, customized reports
ÌÌ Lack of control over web and application activity

Is it time to say goodbye tothe legacy system?
With more than 15 servers and three ISP lines being
managed by the one legacy security product, the Amal
Jyothi College of Engineering (AJCE) was experiencing
constant connectivity issues. The product also failed
to provide user authentication and visibility, automatic
logging, and reporting. Issues with its dynamic hostconfiguration protocol were also exacerbating thesituation.
“Due to constant speed lags, we were heavily
inconvenienced,” says Tojin Xavier, IT head, AJCE.

What makes Cyberoam/Sophos the perfect choice forgrowing organizations?
In 2013, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering initiated a
proof of concept to evaluate various security solutions
to address the issues it was facing with its incumbent
security solution. Based on its robust performance,
Cyberoam (now Sophos) CR2500iNG–XP firewall wasimplemented across the entire network over withthe help of Comtech IT Solutions Private Limited, animplementation partner of Sophos. The organization
continues to provide maintenance of the firewall.
Xavier remarks, “The CR2500iNG–XP delivered its
promise of security, connectivity, and productivity
during the trial period. Functions such as inline
application inspection and control, website filtering,HTTPS inspection, Intrusion Prevention System, VPN,
and granular bandwidth controls were the main pointsof assessment. We found it meeting our expectations ofeffortlessly serving our large user base.”
The institution later upgraded to Sophos XG 650, which
offered additional features to protect the growing
college.
“The Sophos XG 650 gives us added technologies,
such as the Sophos Security Heartbeat ™, Sophos UserThreat Quotient, and Sandstorm Protection that arepowered by deep learning. The upgrade proved to bebeneficial with advanced multi-layered security, highvisibility, and greater control over web and application
activity,” notes Xavier.

‘Classes andexams could not
be conductedefficiently as aresult. Fortunately,
we were introduced
to a highperformance firewallthat provides
comprehensiveprotection.’
Tojin Xavier
IT headAJCE

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How did the Sophos solution
impact life around thecampus?
The institute uses Sophos at the gateway level. Sophos
extensively scans the network and exposes hidden
risks, blocks unknown threats, and automatically
responds to incidents.

“As an educational institution, we require a highlevel of visibility to monitor our users’ activities. The
transparent proxy technology provides ultra-low
latency inspection and HTTPS scanning of all trafficfor threats and compliance. The solution’s Secure Web
Gateway policy controls and manages advanced userand group web controls effectively. It allows us to apply
policies based upon uploaded web keywords to identify
inappropriate use or behavior,” Xavier describes.

Xavier adds, “the Sophos XG solution is extremely fast
to identify the user and source of an infection on thenetwork. It also automatically quarantines the threat
from our other network resources. The 360-degree
visibility into high-risk users, unknown apps, advanced
threats, and suspicious payloads provides the robust
security needed by a large and fast-growing institution
such as ours. The solution has effectively helped
protect against threats and we have not experienced
any security breaches since installation.”‘Sophos removes
the need to use
a subnet for
the network. It
also provides
customized
reports, user groupauthentication andweekly automatedbackup, which
reduces ourworkload andsaves time.’
Tojin Xavier
IT head,AJCE

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