Case Study: Major University strengthens student data security with Concentric AI

Major University - Customer Case Study

Major University, a large higher education institution with over 25,000 students and 1,100 faculty members, faced growing cybersecurity risks as online and hybrid learning expanded its IT environment and exposed sensitive student data across cloud platforms. The university needed better protection for FERPA-regulated information such as transcripts, financial aid applications, and account records. Concentric AI helped address this challenge with its data security platform for cloud data stores.

Concentric AI connected to the university’s SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Azure File Server environments and rapidly scanned their data, providing content-based classification and permission analysis. This enabled precise access control, identification of unused accounts with access to sensitive data, and stronger oversight in Office 365 sharing. As a result, Major University improved FERPA compliance by over 60%, cut data categorization and risk assessment time by 75%, and saved an estimated $2 million annually in compliance and data security costs.