Case Study: Central Catholic High School achieves a secure, reliable network and 90% reduction in management time with Fortinet

Pittsburgh High School Creates Secure and Reliable Network to Ensure Student Success

Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh struggled with a slow, insecure network that hampered teaching and learning: over 1,000 users, 120+ servers, rampant malware, botnets and overloaded wireless left IT consumed with firefighting and the school at risk of data breaches.

Working with partner Network Access, the school deployed Fortinet’s end-to-end security platform (FortiGate 800C and 80C plus FortiAnalyzer) to unify threat management and reporting. Since implementation there have been no major security incidents, network-management time dropped by 90%, roughly $10,000/month in support costs was saved by consolidating appliances, and students now enjoy reliable wireless access for classwork.

Central Catholic High School

Kevin Sweeney

Director of Technology