Case Study: Shibaura Institute of Technology achieves robust ransomware protection and rapid data recovery with NetApp all-flash storage and anti-ransomware AI

Shibaura Institute of Technology Strengthens Cybersecurity Measures With All-flash Storage

Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), a Tokyo engineering university serving about 10,500 students and staff, prioritized IT modernization and stronger defenses after suffering a ransomware incident in 2016. The institute needed a high-performance, resilient storage platform to protect academic and administrative data while supporting campus transformation and hybrid cloud initiatives.

SIT implemented NetApp AFF A400 all‑flash storage with ONTAP anti‑ransomware, NetApp Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security, SnapMirror remote backups, and hourly/daily/weekly Snapshot policies. AI-driven anomaly detection automatically creates instant Snapshot backups, integrates with Active Directory for forensics and alerts, and has delivered faster recovery, stronger multilayered protection, comprehensive visibility across on‑prem and cloud environments, and roughly 60% data reduction through deduplication and compression.

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Takeshi Sato

Information Systems Division