Case Study: Large Australian Education System achieves complete visibility and a safer online learning environment for 70,000 K-12 students with Forcepoint Web Security

Complete Visibility into Online Activity Allows 70,000 K-12 Students to Learn in a Safe Environment

A large Australian Catholic school system with more than 70,000 students across 141 schools needed to protect vulnerable K–12 users and its network from inappropriate and malicious web content without hindering technology-based learning. The decentralized, hardware-at-each-school setup left IT largely blind to threats for tens of thousands of users and could not provide real-time, scalable controls as internet traffic and cloud-based learning surged.

The system implemented Forcepoint Web Security as a centralized, real-time web filtering and visibility solution; it analyzes sites and apps on the fly, reduces IT support requests for site access, and gives complete visibility into web usage and threats. As a result, leadership receives actionable reporting, teachers and students can safely access rich online resources, and the network is better protected and managed despite dramatic growth in traffic.