Palisade Systems Keeps the El Paso Independent School District Secure With PacketSure Data Loss Prevention

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Palisade Systems, the leader In Data Loss Prevention solutions for the small- and medium-sized enterprise, announces that the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) has signed a contract to implement the PacketSure™ DLP solution to protect its more than 66,000 students across 98 campuses. The PacketSure DLP solution will ensure that the EPISD is compliant with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

As one of the largest school districts in the Texas school systems, EPISD chose the Palisade Systems DLP solution after testing various other DLP solutions. As the district has been working with Palisade for the past seven years, and was both familiar and happy with the level of features of the product, when it came time to choose a DLP solution, the ultimate decision came to continue the existing Palisade relationship and its PacketSure solution.

"We have been concerned about unintentional student data loss, and we worked with Palisade to do a security assessment," noted Stephen Stiles, CTO, El Paso Independent School District. "When we saw the extent of accidental data loss, and how PacketSure's data loss prevention solution could help the district, we continued our relationship with the company."

With FERPA, school districts are coupling their push into DLP solutions with more training and education of the staff. And, as school districts submit information on a regular basis to the state education board, the top concern is to protect student data and information and ensure that no accidental data leaves the district offices.

"The success of Palisade Systems comes from working with long-term customers like the El Paso Independent School District and making sure that they have all the right tools and services in place to make them successful," said Christian Renaud, CEO of Palisade Systems. "With the addition of PacketSure DLP, we are helping El Paso Independent School District keep in compliance with FERPA and protect student data."

Added Renaud, "The educational market is one of our key customer groups, and we want to make sure our school district customers stay compliant with any new regulations or rules that may come up with FERPA."

Palisade Systems PacketSure offers the most comprehensive data loss prevention solutions for the education market. With both an installed and managed solution, Palisade's PacketSure is available for school districts that are looking to best protect their assets and secure their information in both a hosted and managed environment.

About EPISD

Located in El Paso, Texas, the El Paso Independent School District is the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center - Region 19. With more than 66,000 students in 98 campuses, EPISD also is the seventh largest district in Texas and the 57th largest district in the United States. It also is El Paso's largest employer with nearly 9,000 employees and has an annual operating budget of $446 million. Organized in 1883, EPISD is not only a large district, but also one rich in history.

About Palisade Systems

Palisade Systems, Inc. is an industry leader in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) market. Palisade's patented DLP product, PacketSure, is the industry's only all-in-one appliance that can be installed and running in less than one hour.  PacketSure helps organizations proactively secure sensitive and proprietary intellectual property from leaving data networks, defines and enforces access to internal network resources, and enforces compliance with federal privacy and industry security regulations such as HIPAA and GLBA.  For more information, please visit http://www.palisadesystems.com or contact Palisade by telephone at 1.888.824.0720.

SOURCE Palisade Systems, Inc.

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