Case Studies Licking School District in Texas County, Missouri

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	Licking School District in Texas County, Missouri

Licking School District in Texas County, Missouri

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Facility Management
Use Cases	Remote Control
Services	System Integration Testing & Certification Training
Challenge	The Licking R-VIII School District in Texas County, Missouri, faced significant challenges in managing and securing its IT infrastructure. The district's IT staff, consisting of only two people, was responsible for over 500 computers, servers, and endpoints. They needed a reliable security solution to reduce and contain the massive amounts of malware and spyware accessed by students, as well as defend against virus and malware exposure through USB sticks. The existing antivirus and endpoint software were standalone, unmanaged, and allowed a high number of infections, causing long hours for cleaning and repairing computers. Additionally, the district was preparing for a new initiative to provide school-sponsored mobile devices to all 3rd through 12th graders, requiring a robust and easily managed endpoint security system. Read More
About Customer	The Licking R-VIII School District is a kindergarten through 12th-grade school district based in Texas County, in Licking, Missouri. The small town has a population of a little over 3,000 residents, with over 900 students in the K-12 educational system. The district's IT staff consists of two people responsible for managing the security connections to more than 500 computers, servers, and endpoints. The district was in need of a cost-effective and easy-to-manage security solution to handle the massive amounts of malware and spyware accessed by students and to prepare for a new initiative to provide mobile devices to all 3rd through 12th graders. Read More
Solution	The Licking School District turned to Comodo Endpoint Security Manager (ESM) for a solution. Comodo ESM provided a centralized management tool that could wipe out viruses and malware that the previous IT security system failed to detect. The solution included Comodo's patent-pending automatic containment technology, which eliminates malware outbreaks and operating system contamination by running any untrusted application in a secure, contained environment. The Comodo business and enterprise support team assisted with the full rollout of ESM, ensuring deployment and configuration best practices were followed. The Licking IT team engaged in Q&A sessions to understand the procedures and learned how to use ESM as a system management tool and remote screen-sharing tool. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Facility Management

Use Cases

Remote Control

Services

System Integration

Testing & Certification

Training

Challenge

The Licking R-VIII School District in Texas County, Missouri, faced significant challenges in managing and securing its IT infrastructure. The district's IT staff, consisting of only two people, was responsible for over 500 computers, servers, and endpoints. They needed a reliable security solution to reduce and contain the massive amounts of malware and spyware accessed by students, as well as defend against virus and malware exposure through USB sticks. The existing antivirus and endpoint software were standalone, unmanaged, and allowed a high number of infections, causing long hours for cleaning and repairing computers. Additionally, the district was preparing for a new initiative to provide school-sponsored mobile devices to all 3rd through 12th graders, requiring a robust and easily managed endpoint security system.

About Customer

The Licking R-VIII School District is a kindergarten through 12th-grade school district based in Texas County, in Licking, Missouri. The small town has a population of a little over 3,000 residents, with over 900 students in the K-12 educational system. The district's IT staff consists of two people responsible for managing the security connections to more than 500 computers, servers, and endpoints. The district was in need of a cost-effective and easy-to-manage security solution to handle the massive amounts of malware and spyware accessed by students and to prepare for a new initiative to provide mobile devices to all 3rd through 12th graders.

Solution

The Licking School District turned to Comodo Endpoint Security Manager (ESM) for a solution. Comodo ESM provided a centralized management tool that could wipe out viruses and malware that the previous IT security system failed to detect. The solution included Comodo's patent-pending automatic containment technology, which eliminates malware outbreaks and operating system contamination by running any untrusted application in a secure, contained environment. The Comodo business and enterprise support team assisted with the full rollout of ESM, ensuring deployment and configuration best practices were followed. The Licking IT team engaged in Q&A sessions to understand the procedures and learned how to use ESM as a system management tool and remote screen-sharing tool.

Impact #1	The Licking School District has been live on Comodo ESM for more than a year, witnessing a clean network with all infections eliminated by Comodo's software.
Impact #2	The unique containment technology of Comodo ESM protects endpoints from any outside threat, allowing applications to run freely in a contained, controlled, and safe environment with zero interruption to users.
Impact #3	More computers are now available to students as the IT staff no longer needs to take computers off the network for decontamination.

Impact #1

The Licking School District has been live on Comodo ESM for more than a year, witnessing a clean network with all infections eliminated by Comodo's software.

Impact #2

The unique containment technology of Comodo ESM protects endpoints from any outside threat, allowing applications to run freely in a contained, controlled, and safe environment with zero interruption to users.

Impact #3

More computers are now available to students as the IT staff no longer needs to take computers off the network for decontamination.

Benefit #1	The Licking School District manages security for over 500 computers, servers, and endpoints.
Benefit #2	The new initiative will provide approximately 800 mobile devices to 3rd through 12th graders over the next 12-24 months.

Benefit #1

The Licking School District manages security for over 500 computers, servers, and endpoints.

Benefit #2

The new initiative will provide approximately 800 mobile devices to 3rd through 12th graders over the next 12-24 months.

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Licking School District in Texas County, Missouri

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