Case Study: Swinburne University of Technology achieves Essential 8 compliance and rapid patching with Ivanti

Swinburne University of Technology Meets Its Essential 8 Mandate

Swinburne University of Technology, a public university with campuses in Melbourne and Malaysia, faced the challenge of protecting critical infrastructure, financial and personally identifiable information while preserving academic freedom for a geographically dispersed and digitally savvy community. After a risk assessment showed the need to meet the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential 8 strategies, Swinburne engaged Ivanti and deployed solutions including Ivanti Workspace Manager (Application Control and Environment Manager), Ivanti Patch for Windows, and Ivanti Xtraction.

Ivanti built an Essential 8 dashboard and deployed application whitelisting, privilege management, configuration hardening, patching and real‑time reporting to pinpoint risks and drive remediation. The result: Swinburne can demonstrate Essential 8 compliance, apply proportionate security controls to reduce malware risk, and rapidly patch hundreds of systems—identifying and patching 500+ servers quickly during critical windows—while freeing the IT team to focus on other projects.

Swinburne University of Technology

Steven Cvetkovic

Chief Information Security Officer