With so much sensitive data at stake, and the limited resources most institutions are able to dedicate to cybersecurity, K-12 schools are among the top targets for cyberattacks. A school district in the western US with over 20 schools and 2,000 staff members educates approximately 20,000 students daily. They serve a diverse population of students and staff, all of which rely on the uninterrupted availability of computers, servers, printers, tablets and more to teach and learn. To keep up, the district recognized they needed to quickly improve their ability to identify and respond to threats across their schools.
At a glance.
Company Name
K-12 School District
Industry Size
20,000 students
2,000 staff members
20+ schools
Location
Western US
The need.
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The school district had been operating suboptimally with a lean security team and a small portfolio of security products, using open-source and commercial products to try to secure their environment.
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Their limited IT resources were overwhelmed with significant manual efforts to detect anomalies. They needed a faster, more automated way to detect threats and close gaps in their security posture—all while improving their response capabilities.
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They needed to be able to easily integrate their endpoint protection platform at no additional cost.
The solution.
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We built a fiber optic wide area network to provide connectivity throughout the district.
- The resulting network has four 10Gbps core rings connected through Ethernet between 22 sites, with point-to-point connections out to the 260+ facilities.
The impact.
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The new network successfully supports the district’s voice, video and data traffic across all facilities.
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By using direct connections, our network is able to provide security, flexibility and data control.
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