This College Faced COVID-19 Budget Cuts—And Ended Up with a Better Email Security Solution
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Microsoft 365
- IronScales
- Avanan
Tech Stack
- API-based security solution
- Cloud email security
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
Peach University is a mid-sized, public college located in the Southeast. The university is part of a larger network of colleges and universities in the state. The university has nearly 9,500 students who are scattered across the region to finish the semester remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university's IT department is led by David Rose, the Director of Information Technology. The university had been using an API-based solution from IronScales for email security, but due to budget cuts, they were looking for a more cost-effective solution.
The Challenge
Peach University, a mid-sized public college in the Southeast, was facing budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university was looking for a more cost-effective email security solution that would allow them to avoid layoffs. The university had been inundated with phishing campaigns, something that had only gotten worse since the pandemic began. Their solution had to be easy to use and able to scale quickly. Peach University needed an email security solution that not only stopped phishing and malware attacks, but stopped them before they got to the inbox, so that their remote students don’t accidentally click on a malicious email. The university had been using an API-based solution from IronScales, which was too expensive to keep in the current climate. Furthermore, IronScales could only remove a malicious email after it had reached the inbox, which was not ideal for the university.
The Solution
The university decided to switch to Avanan, a cloud email security platform. Avanan uses APIs to block phishing, malware, and data leakage in the line of communications traffic. This means Avanan catches threats missed by Microsoft while adding a transparent layer of security for the entire suite that also protects other collaboration tools like Slack. Unlike IronScales, Avanan can prevent malicious emails from reaching inboxes in the first place. All API-based vendors, including Avanan, can retract a message from an inbox if it is determined to be malicious after delivery. However, Avanan is able to block the emails before they reach the inbox, which is crucial for the university as even an email sitting in the inbox for a few seconds can make a difference.
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