Case Study: Los Rios Community College District strengthens remote learning security with Palo Alto Networks

Los Rios Community College District blocks 20,000 threats in 24 hours with Palo Alto Networks

Los Rios Community College District, a large community college system in California, faced a significant cybersecurity challenge. Their legacy infrastructure could not support or secure a rapid increase in remote users during the pandemic. A small IT team lacked visibility and the tools needed to proactively fight threats across their on-premises and multi-cloud environments, and managing multiple unintegrated security products increased their risk.

Palo Alto Networks provided a solution using their Next-Generation Firewalls, Panorama, and Cortex XDR. This unified platform secured endpoints, provided Zero Trust access for staff, and protected users with multifactor authentication. The results were substantial, with Palo Alto Networks blocking 20,000 threats in a 24-hour period and 7 million daily hits from bad IP addresses, securing 13,000 endpoints across 16 locations.

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