Case Study: Fresno City College achieves district-wide control of 650,000 user accounts with Netwrix Auditor (Netwrix)

Fresno City College Sets the Standard for its Entire District with Improved Control over 650,000 User Accounts

Fresno City College, a historic community college in the State Center Community College District serving about 34,000 students, needed to secure a shared private‑cloud IT environment while a 13‑person IT team managed thousands of student and employee accounts and legally protected data (PII, payment, educational and health records). Manually spotting and investigating suspicious activity across Active Directory and dozens of Windows file servers was impractical, so the college required pervasive, centralized visibility to proactively prevent breaches.

They implemented Netwrix Auditor for Active Directory and Windows File Servers — becoming the first in the district to do so and now managing the solution for the entire SCCCD, monitoring about 650,000 user accounts. Netwrix provides daily reports and real‑time alerts that enable constant awareness of user activity, fast investigations into modifications, and tight control over access to sensitive files, delivering better overall IT control, quicker incident response, and stronger protection of regulated data.

Fresno City College

Doug Schreiner

Systems Technical Resource Analyst