Case Study: Whiteside School District #115 achieves improved uptime and reduced total cost of ownership with SonicWall NSa firewall

Whiteside School District #115 - Customer Case Study

Whiteside School District #115 needed to lower total cost of ownership and consolidate security and networking features into a single solution. After evaluating Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks, the district selected the SonicWall NSa series firewall for its cost-effectiveness and the networking features required by the district.

SonicWall deployed the NSa next‑generation firewall with Deep Packet Inspection of Encrypted Traffic (DPI‑SSL) and integration into the SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform, using deep learning for real‑time breach detection and prevention. Since implementation, Whiteside School District #115 reports improved overall system uptime, faster performance, and a reduced total cost of ownership thanks to SonicWall’s NSa solution.

Whiteside School District #115

Justin Ballou

Director of Technology