Case Study: Kansas Development Finance Authority achieves zero ransomware breaches with Citrix

A state finance agency beats ransomware with end-to-end Citrix solutions

The Kansas Development Finance Authority (KDFA) is a small state agency that finances public and private capital projects and depends on IT to keep operations running 24/7. After suffering six ransomware infections in a six‑to‑eight month span and finding traditional antivirus tools unable to stop evolving exploits, KDFA needed a more effective, mission‑critical security strategy.

KDFA deployed a Citrix digital‑workspace stack—XenServer with Bitdefender Hypervisor Introspection, XenApp/XenDesktop virtualized browsers, NetScaler VPX for SSL VPN and policy management, and ShareFile for secure data sync and backups—to detect attack techniques below the guest OS and isolate web threats. The result: no breaches in the year since implementation (including during the global WannaCry outbreak), stronger any‑device productivity, simplified one‑person IT management, and reduced infrastructure costs.

Kansas Development Finance Authority

Jeff Kater

Director of IT