Case Study: Large Municipal Agency improves third-party cyber risk management with SecurityScorecard

Municipal agency secures student data and tax-payer investments

Large Municipal Agency manages one of the largest public school districts in the United States, with over 1,000 schools and more than 1 million students. It did business with almost 2,000 third-party vendors and spent nearly a billion dollars annually on those purchases, but its third-party cyber risk management was ad hoc and time-consuming because it relied on multiple tools and fragmented workflows. The agency turned to SecurityScorecard and its MAX Managed Services to better protect sensitive student and staff data.

SecurityScorecard helped the agency modernize its third-party cyber risk program with actionable risk insights, weekly reporting, threat intelligence, and AI-driven assessments. The agency now uses SecurityScorecard to educate leadership and vendors, prioritize remediation, and identify impacted vendors when new risks emerge, including zero-day vulnerabilities. The result was a more effective and efficient risk management program that reduced manual work, improved cyber awareness, and helped the agency redirect resources toward its core educational mission.