Case Study: College of William & Mary achieves secure, role-based network access and high availability with MySQL

College of William & Mary Relies on MySQL to Deploy Network Admission Control Security System

The College of William & Mary, home to over 8,000 students and faculty, needed a better way to enforce strict, role-based network security across its campus. Previously network access was tied to physical jacks configured by location, so users could be locked out of the appropriate network and changes required time-consuming rewiring.

William & Mary deployed a Network Admission Control (NAC) system that uses MySQL to authenticate users, enforce Guest/Student/Faculty policies, and log connection history. MySQL replication provides the high availability the mission-critical system needs, resulting in identity-based access instead of location-based access, reduced unauthorized access, improved visibility into connected devices, and comprehensive auditing of network activity.

College of William & Mary

Norman Elton

Network Engineer