Case Study: Leading Research University achieves complete SharePoint protection and visibility with Imperva SecureSphere

Leading Research University selects Imperva SecureSphere to Protect Public facing SharePoint Deployment

A leading U.S. research university needed to secure its public-facing and internal Microsoft SharePoint sites, which host commerce and service portals for students and departments and contain regulated data (FERPA, PCI, HIPAA). Native SharePoint lacked the application-layer visibility, auditing, permission reporting and web threat protection required to safely expose lists, InfoPath forms and financial/PHI/PII online without disrupting legitimate campus business.

The university deployed Imperva SecureSphere for SharePoint, bringing a SharePoint-tailored web application firewall, activity monitoring, user-rights management and SQL database protection. The solution delivered complete visibility and an audit trail, automated analytics and permission reporting, reduced operational overhead, and achieved application- and data-level security across external and internal sites—enabling the team to tighten access, stop web attacks, and plan broader rollout.