Case Study: Gonzaga University strengthens Microsoft 365 governance and reduces high-risk sharing with AvePoint

Gonzaga University keeps top-risk Microsoft 365 exposures at zero with AvePoint

Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit university, faced significant security challenges due to the ease of data sharing in its collaborative Microsoft 365 environment. With a lean security team, the university struggled with a lack of centralized visibility into data risks, oversharing, and orphaned sites. They needed to replace complex legacy tools with an intuitive solution to proactively manage risk and automate governance. To address this, they implemented AvePoint's Insights for Microsoft 365.

The AvePoint solution provided a single-pane-of-glass dashboard for centralized visibility and prioritized risk remediation. This enabled the small team to quickly identify and address the highest-risk exposures, often automating the correction of risky settings. As a result, Gonzaga reduced its high-risk exposures to zero, improved its governance hygiene, and shifted from reactive oversight to proactive risk management, all while operating with limited staff resources.

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