Case Study: University of Warwick achieves reduced malware and stronger Office 365 defences with Trend Micro Cloud App Security

As Attacks Increase, Trend Micro Cloud App Security Bolsters Cyber Defences for the University of Warwick

The University of Warwick, a UK higher-education institution with about 25,000 students and 6,200 staff, was seeing rising phishing, ransomware and other targeted attacks against its Office 365 environment. Its legacy Unix-based anti-spam and malware relays struggled with the increasing volume and complexity of threats, so ITS sought a tightly integrated third‑party solution that protected email, SharePoint and OneDrive.

In January 2017 Warwick chose Trend Micro Cloud App Security — an API-based add-on that provides document-exploit detection, Deep Discovery sandboxing, URL intelligence and DLP across Office 365 services. After pen testing and a short monitoring period, deployment noticeably reduced the malware reaching users’ inboxes, blocked thousands of malicious items visible on a single dashboard, lowered resource demands and delivered cost‑neutral, measurable security improvements.

University of Warwick

Des Butcher

Head of Cloud Services