Case Study

Fort Mill School District Case Study

A fast growing K-12 district scores top grades with added security from Secureworks


Fort Mill Schools strengthened its IT security to protect against threats and to safeguard student, teacher and staff data, using Secureworks solutions.

Challenge

After a denial-of-service attack succeeded against already strong defenses, the Fort Mill School District sought even more protection and improved incident response capabilities.

Solution

The district conducted a thorough incident response logging and monitoring review, and strengthened its defenses with 24x7 network scanning, all with assistance from Secureworks solutions.

Benefits

  • Strengthens existing defense-in-depth protection
  • Enhances protection of student, teacher and staff data
  • Improves security posture and visibility to threats
  • Saves cost of adding expensive staff security expertise
  • Validates current security approach, boosting IT staff morale