Case Study: Council Rock School District gains visibility, control, and saves staff time with Fortinet Security Fabric

Pennsylvania School District Consolidates on the Fortinet Security Fabric for Increased Visibility, Control, and Protection

Council Rock School District, a 15-school K–12 district in Bucks County, PA serving 11,000 students and 1,300 staff across 72 square miles, faced an aging firewall, a complex legacy unified communications system, and a small nine-person IT team stretched thin. The district needed a cost-effective, enterprise-ready solution that would increase visibility, tighten control over varied user groups (and insider risks), support large-scale remote learning, and automate routine network management.

Council Rock consolidated on the Fortinet Security Fabric—deploying FortiGate NGFW, FortiEDR, FortiAPs, FortiSwitches, FortiManager, FortiSIEM, FortiAuthenticator, and FortiVoice—to centralize management and security. The rollout delivered a single-pane view, granular segmentation (by user and grade), protection for 5,500 endpoints and secure homeschooling for 11,000 students, reduced manual work (saving an estimated two to three FTEs), and lower long‑term UC costs.

Council Rock School District

Matthew Frederickson

Director of IT