Case Study: Illuminate Education improves cloud app security and OAuth visibility with ManagedMethods

Illuminate Education secures every school district’s shadow apps with ManagedMethods

Illuminate Education, a provider of K-12 assessment and analytics software, faced the significant challenge of securing its district customers' data from breaches originating through third-party vendor applications. These "shadow IT" OAuth apps, which users authorized with their school accounts, created vulnerabilities that were difficult to track and manage. To address this, they turned to ManagedMethods for its cloud security platform to gain visibility and control over these application risks.

The solution from ManagedMethods provided Illuminate Education's district technology teams with a dedicated Apps Tab for complete visibility into all authorized applications, including their risk levels and permissions. Furthermore, ManagedMethods enabled the automation of security policies to automatically detect and remove high-risk apps, a process far more efficient than manual management in native admin consoles. This resulted in a more secure environment for district data by proactively identifying and mitigating threats from compromised or malicious vendor applications.

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