Case Study: Large Public School District achieves increased visibility and faster threat detection with NETSCOUT Omnis Cyber Intelligence

Public School District Increases Visibility with Omnis Cyber Intelligence Reducing Risk with Faster Mean-Time-to-Knowledge

A very large public school district serving more than 90,000 students across 200+ schools faced spikes in malicious activity—particularly during mandated testing periods—and lacked the network visibility needed to quickly investigate and mitigate suspicious behavior. The district sought a Network Detection and Response solution to improve awareness of unusual traffic and reduce time-to-investigation.

They deployed NETSCOUT Omnis Cyber Intelligence with Omnis CyberStream at key aggregation points to generate SMART packet data, provide deep packet inspection, and leverage NETSCOUT’s ATLAS/AIF threat feed plus third‑party feeds. The implementation delivered contact tracing and host-level investigations, increased data retention and filtering, and early‑warning detection that reduced mean time to knowledge and resolution, giving the district a more proactive security posture.