Case Study: Gallup-McKinley County Schools achieves ransomware protection and a safer learning environment with Malwarebytes

Gallup-Mckinley County Schools Successfully Defends Against Ransomware

Gallup‑McKinley County Schools, a rural New Mexico district serving about 12,000 students across 36 schools and 5,000 square miles, faced the challenge of protecting roughly 9,000 endpoints with a very small IT team. With long travel distances between sites and rising ransomware threats, the district needed a way to prevent infections and remotely manage machines without sacrificing instructional time or security.

The district deployed Malwarebytes Anti‑Malware with the Management Console to add a second layer of defense and enable centralized, remote scans, updates, and license management. The solution detects and removes zero‑hour threats the existing antivirus missed, eliminated time‑consuming manual cleanups and travel, and gave IT full control over malware detection—helping ensure a safe, reliable learning environment.

Gallup-McKinley County Schools

Peter Campos

Network Administrator