Case Study: Indianapolis Public Schools achieves two-hour ransomware recovery and stronger security with PowerSchool Cloud Hosting

How Cloud-based Hosting Helped This District Recover From a Ransomware Attack in Only Two Hours

Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), Indiana’s largest district serving 30,000 students in 77 schools with 5,000 staff, suffered a spring 2020 ransomware attack that wiped its on‑premises server drives and put critical student and staff applications at risk.

Using PowerSchool’s emergency backup cloud‑hosted server, IPS had applications restored and functioning within two hours, with minimal disruption. The district then permanently migrated to PowerSchool Cloud Hosting, gaining 24/7 monitoring, 99.9% uptime, stronger security, lower costs, and reduced staff workload.

Indianapolis Public Schools

David Brunsting

Director of Student Information Systems