Case Study: New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation secures Google Workspace with ManagedMethods

New Albany-floyd County School Corporation Secures Google Workspace for Education Plus

New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation faced a challenge securing its Google Workspace environment after a rapid shift to a 1:1 district and an upgrade to Google Workspace for Education Plus. They needed more granular, powerful data loss prevention and security controls than the basic edition provided, particularly for managing third-party app access and gaining visibility into Gmail and Shared Drives for security and safety reasons. They turned to vendor ManagedMethods to address this.

The solution from ManagedMethods, specifically their Cloud Monitor product, provided the district with near real-time security monitoring, allowing them to set up robust policies to detect data access risks, anomalous account behavior, and unapproved OAuth apps. The results included enhanced security and safety, as well as gaining vital administrative control over Google Classroom and Shared Drives, which were not available in their native Google environment. The ManagedMethods platform became vital to the district's operations, and the team also praised the vendor's quality customer support and education-specific feature development.

New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation

Chris Bowers

IT Manager