Case Study: Abbotsford School District achieves secure, manageable BYOD and reduced administrative overhead with Fortinet Network Access Control (NAC)

Abbotsford Secures its Network & Enables Byod with Network Access Control

Abbotsford School District in British Columbia serves about 18,500 students and 2,100 staff across 46 schools with roughly 10,000 devices in use. The district’s network was overwhelmed by personal devices, compromised SSID passwords and unknown endpoints, leaving IT unable to identify users, control bandwidth or locate misused equipment —forcing time‑consuming password resets and manual interventions.

Fortinet’s Network Access Control (NAC) was deployed to automatically identify and assess endpoints, enforce compliance, and place devices on appropriate VLANs (district devices, staff/visitor BYOD, and a student/guest BYOD routed to the Provincial Learning Network). The solution integrated with firewalls to block threats, uncovered and remediated over 1,000 rogue devices, eliminated frequent SSID resets, reduced administrative overhead, and delivered stronger security, better device tracking, and improved user satisfaction.

Abbotsford School District

Shelley Wilcox

Director of Technology, Abbotsford School District