Case Study: Cedarville University achieves 99.99% uptime and faster network performance with SonicWall SuperMassive firewalls

University manages bandwidth growth, speeds performance

Cedarville University was facing rapid bandwidth growth (30–40% annually) and thousands of students connecting with personal devices, leading to mounting security and performance challenges. The university turned to SonicWall, deploying SonicWall SuperMassive next‑generation firewalls and the SonicWall Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite (CGSS) to ensure network protection and improve throughput.

SonicWall’s solution delivered 99.99% uptime and eliminated the university’s performance problems, preventing costly data breaches and blocking infection and intrusion attempts—including malware hidden inside encrypted SSL packets. The deployment also slashed large‑file download times from several minutes to about a minute or less and provided VPN users with the same high performance as on‑campus users, with Cedarville reporting no intrusions or infections after implementation.

Cedarville University

David Rotman

Chief Information Officer