Case Study: Goulburn Valley Grammar School achieves 24x7 cybersecurity protection and 50% reduced management time with Bitdefender MDR

Australian school gains advanced cybersecurity protection and frees IT staff to focus on cybersecurity remediation

Goulburn Valley Grammar School, an independent co-educational school in Shepparton with about 700 students and a small IT team, faced growing ransomware and off‑hours exposure as staff and students used laptops and devices remotely. A long‑time user of Bitdefender GravityZone Ultra, GVGS chose Bitdefender Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Advanced to add 24x7 monitoring and close coverage gaps.

Bitdefender implemented around‑the‑clock MDR Advanced monitoring and remediation across 1,200 endpoints (Windows workstations/servers and virtual hosts), isolating threats and enabling fast reimaging and password resets. With Bitdefender’s security operations center and global intelligence, GVGS cut cybersecurity management time by 50%, prevented a credential‑stealing malware incident, and avoided the four‑ to five‑times higher cost of building an internal SOC.

Goulburn Valley Grammar School

Trevor Pye

Head of Information Systems