Case Study: Leading online higher education provider reduces student PII exposure and saves $750K with Imperva Camouflage (Imperva)

Leading Education Provider Chooses Imperva to Deliver a Comprehensive Data Masking Solution

A leading online education services provider operating accredited U.S. universities needed to protect students’ personally identifiable information (PII) in non-production environments used for development, QA and training, while remaining FERPA-compliant. With dozens of complex databases, tight timelines and a requirement for referentially intact, realistic test data, the organization sought a mature data-masking vendor with deep domain expertise and strong consulting support.

They selected Imperva Camouflage, whose discovery feature quickly reduced the masking scope from 75 potential databases to 35, cutting estimated effort by over 50% and saving more than $750,000 in time and resources. Camouflage delivered consistent, referentially correct masking, remote consulting and ongoing maintenance, restricted access to sensitive student data, and enabled an automated change-audit process that improves detection of new sensitive data locations.