Case Study: Mount Pleasant School District achieves stronger data security and simplified protection with Trend Micro TippingPoint

Mount Pleasant School District Leverages Trend Micro to Protect All Data and Prepare for the Future

Mount Pleasant Independent School District, a tech-forward K–12 district in Texas serving about 5,400 students and 1,000 staff across eight campuses, needed to secure thousands of confidential records across a hybrid on‑premises and cloud environment. With rising cyberattacks on schools and the mixed remote/in‑person learning caused by COVID‑19, the district required strong, non‑disruptive protection that met compliance needs while fitting a small IT team and limited budget.

The district re‑implemented Trend Micro solutions—notably TippingPoint IPS and Deep Security—to protect infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud workloads. Deployment was quick and largely automated, delivering greater visibility into threats (including events other tools missed), improved data security and compliance, and no adverse network impact. The result: stronger, scalable protection that frees IT staff to focus on priorities and opens the door to expanded collaboration with the vendor.

Mount Pleasant School District

Noe Arzate

Chief Technology Officer