Okeechobee County School District

In the footsteps of many other school districts across the U.S., Okeechobee County is likewise concerned about ransomware and cyberattacks. But a looming change in the district’s insurance requirements was a catalyst to better secure its email and endpoints. Both existing solutions in place weren’t going to pass the grade for the insurance carrier and its deadline to renew the policy. Therefore, the district knew it had to move beyond the complexity and lack of visibility it experienced with its legacy endpoint security solution; and in addition, move to a more robust email security.

Already pleased with FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls and FortiAnalyzer for security analytics, the district found FortiMail and Forti EDR (endpoint detection and response) solutions would be easy to deploy, configure, and manage. Almost instantly, FortiEDR afforded the security administrator with visibility and insights valuable to the district’s security posture. And, the solution helped make policy modifications and enforcement a success. FortiEDR has given the staff an extra hour per day to support student learning and district administration needs.

See how combining several Fortinet security solutions in the district’s infrastructure has significantly streamlined security management in this case study.