Case Study: Mid-Sized School Board achieves improved cybersecurity preparedness and 85% fewer false positives with ActZero

ActZero helps Canadian School Board improve its Cybersecurity Preparedness Grade

Mid-Sized School Board, a mid-sized school board in western Canada serving roughly 18,000 students across about 50 schools, faced a weak security posture, rising sector-targeted attacks, overwhelming false-positive alerts, inefficient response capability, and an urgent five-week deadline before summer. They engaged ActZero for a managed detection and response (MDR) service after their previous provider failed to reduce alerts or improve security.

ActZero implemented its MDR solution—signature-less ML malware protection, IOA and behavior-based detections across endpoint, network and cloud, plus 24x7 monitoring, technical account management and a customer portal—and onboarded the initial 575 endpoints within three days. The deployment delivered an 85% reduction in false positives, a 15% drop in vulnerabilities within two months, immediate reduction of alert fatigue, and over $150K in annual operational savings, significantly improving the board’s cybersecurity preparedness.