Case Study: University of Illinois achieves stronger security and lower TCO with SonicWall NSa firewalls

University of Illinois - Customer Case Study

University of Illinois faced the challenge of consolidating security and networking features into a single solution and evaluated Cisco/Meraki before selecting SonicWall NSa firewalls. Key requirements included Deep Packet Inspection of Encrypted Traffic (DPI-SSL) and an integrated VPN to meet performance and security expectations across the campus.

SonicWall deployed NSa series firewalls, delivering improved business process efficiency, higher overall system uptime, and lower total cost of ownership. The university reported strong satisfaction with SonicWall and an increase in blocked attacks of 76–100% since deployment, with IT leadership calling the NSa solution the best security value.

University of Illinois

Kenneth Lloyd

Senior IT Manager