Case Study: Southern Wesleyan University achieves ransomware protection and enhanced threat visibility with Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes delivers an unprecedented level of protection

Southern Wesleyan University, a private liberal-arts college of about 1,700 students in South Carolina, faced a ransomware attack on an administrative system and recurring malware infections across faculty and lab PCs — made worse by faculty having administrative privileges and limited endpoint protection. Although the university had robust backups, IT relied on re-imaging infected machines and lacked centralized visibility and tools to stop advanced threats.

SWU deployed Malwarebytes Endpoint Security campus-wide via the Malwarebytes Management Console, gaining centralized management, threat visibility, and automated alerts. The solution stopped ransomware and advanced malware, blocked more than 1 billion threats, enabled targeted investigations and user training, and validated risks that led to stronger security measures and policies.

Southern Wesleyan University

Brian Bartlett

Systems Administrator, Assistant Director of Information Technology