Case Study: Illinois College achieves GLBA compliance and stronger data privacy with Spirion

Spirion makes data privacy program smarter at Illinois College

Illinois College faced the challenge of protecting student personally identifiable information (PII) to comply with a new Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) audit requirement. With a small staff, their manual methods for securing sensitive data were ineffective and inefficient. They needed a proactive solution to discover and classify data to meet both their immediate audit objectives and future regulatory changes, leading them to partner with vendor Spirion.

The solution implemented was Spirion's data discovery and classification software. Spirion scanned the college's servers and endpoints, providing full visibility into where all sensitive data was stored. This allowed the IT team to automate protection, shred unnecessary files, and secure necessary data. The results were successful GLBA compliance on a tight deadline and the establishment of a more agile, proactive data privacy program that reduces their sensitive data footprint and focuses security resources more effectively.

Illinois College

Marc Benner

Assistant Chief Information Officer