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Cybersecurity posture ranks high at university

公司规模

1,000+

地区

America

国家

United States

产品

GravityZone Business Security Enterprise
Sophos
Trend Micro
Cylance

技术栈

Microsoft Active Directory
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SQL Server
Skype for Business
VMware vSphere

实施规模

Enterprise-wide Deployment

影响指标

Cost Savings
Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

技术

网络安全和隐私 - 端点安全
网络安全和隐私 - 网络安全

适用行业

教育

适用功能

商业运营

服务

系统集成
培训

关于客户

With more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the university offers programs in accounting, finance, healthcare, behavioral science, business management, communication, and criminal justice in online and in-person formats. The university is located in the United States and employs 1,500 staff members. It is a large institution that requires robust IT infrastructure to support its diverse academic programs and administrative functions. The university's IT environment includes a variety of Microsoft applications and VMware vSphere, running on both Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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挑战

When security software slows down endpoint performance to the point that it must be disabled, the solution no longer has any value. That’s what happened at a large university when its Sophos security software required significant computing resources, preventing virtual servers from functioning properly. Sophos was running on user workstations but reduced performance during scans and hampered user productivity. In addition, the solution burdened IT staff since it was painful to manage and deploy to endpoints and was often unsuccessful with blocking infections. The university’s IT team evaluated security solutions from Bitdefender, Trend Micro, and Cylance, and selected Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Enterprise.

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解决方案

Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Enterprise provides the university with comprehensive protection across more than 2,200 endpoints, including Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS workstations, as well as Microsoft Windows and VMware vSphere physical and virtual servers. Applications running on endpoints protected by Bitdefender include Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SQL Server, and Skype for Business, among others. Managed from a single console, GravityZone shields the university from threats and attack vectors with machine learning, behavioral analysis, advanced anti-exploit, continuous monitoring of running processes, and risk assessment capabilities. Bitdefender GravityZone started delivering value to the university as soon as the deployment began. “GravityZone has been remarkably easy to deploy and configure,” says the systems administrator. “The Bitdefender deployment package runs like a dream. With a few clicks, everything happens automatically. I also found GravityZone amazingly effective at removing the security products it was replacing.”

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运营影响

Since implementing Bitdefender four years ago, the university has avoided any security breaches. Previously, security incidents occurred every other month on average, often requiring IT staff to re-image workstations.
Even when GravityZone is performing full scans, users no longer notice any degradation of workstation performance. In fact, the systems administrator estimates that performance has improved 80-90 percent with GravityZone compared to Sophos.
Another advantage is that the systems administrator can manage the entire environment, including workstations, physical servers, and virtual machines, via the GravityZone console. Explains the systems administrator, “GravityZone provides a single pane of glass across our full environment, which has simplified my life. A solution that does a great job protecting all our endpoints without slowing them down and requires so little care and feeding has freed me up to work on other projects.”
The systems administrator also points to Bitdefender’s customer commitment to him and the university: “The sense of partnership I have with Bitdefender provides us with a lot of value. In my 40 years of IT, I’ve never had a vendor so interested in my feedback on product improvements and my own customer satisfaction.”
Using GravityZone Business Security Enterprise, the university was able to improve their security posture through endpoint risk analytics and EDR. “We also like the idea of managing our endpoints through a cloud console, especially now with so many people working from home.”

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