Case Study: Regional Technical College reduces malware and extends lifetime of PCs with BeyondTrust PowerBroker for Windows

Technical College Reduces Malware and Extends Lifetime of PCs with PowerBroker

A regional technical college in the United States serving nearly 12,000 students faced rising malware risk and degraded PC performance from unauthorized, resource‑hogging software. IT removed elevated privileges to limit installs but needed a way to let faculty and staff access approved applications without creating a heavy help‑desk burden or long delays.

After evaluating options, the college implemented BeyondTrust PowerBroker for Windows and published a library of pre‑approved installers on its SharePoint server. Users can self‑install vetted software while IT retains control over what’s allowed, which reduced malware incidents, improved system performance, cut help‑desk coordination overhead, and helped extend the useful life of campus PCs.