Case Study: Bishop Verot Catholic High School achieves safer student computing and enforced acceptable-use policies with BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust Protects High School from Dangerous Computing Activities

Bishop Verot Catholic High School in Fort Myers, FL (750 students, 130 PCs, 8 servers) struggled to enforce acceptable-use policies and keep endpoints free of malware with a one-person IT staff. Students routinely tried to bypass web filters with proxies, and outdated antivirus and unpatched machines left the network vulnerable to zero‑day threats and user-driven risks.

The school deployed BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker Endpoint Protection Platform together with REM for centralized control, using behavior‑based protection and policy enforcement instead of signature‑only detection. The solution blocked risky activities (e.g., MySpace access and executable downloads), exposed missing patches (Vista SP1, Adobe/Flash), quarantined suspicious machines, simplified management for the lone administrator, and delivered broader protection at a lower cost than piecing together multiple products.

Bishop Verot Catholic High School

Jason Castaldo

Systems Administrator, Bishop Verot Cat holic High School