Case Study: Weatherford School District protects student data and reduces IT staff stress with Trend Micro

Weatherford School District Protects Student Data and Relieves IT Staff Stress with Trend Micro

Weatherford Independent School District, serving 8,000 students and 1,200 staff with a small IT team of 10, faced growing cyberthreats common in K‑12 environments — frequent phishing and credential‑harvesting attacks, student‑caused outages, and the risk of sensitive student and teacher data exposure. These challenges strained staff time and left the district seeking better visibility and faster response across a complex environment of on‑prem servers, Office 365, and web applications.

Working with CDW, Weatherford implemented a full Trend Micro stack led by Trend Micro Vision One — including endpoint, server, cloud app, network, and threat‑detection components — after a proof of concept. The unified, single‑pane‑of‑glass view improved visibility across email, endpoints, and servers, reduced IT workload and stress, caught threats a third‑party SOC missed, and strengthened data protection while paving the way for zero‑trust and multifactor authentication initiatives.

Weatherford School District

Cody Lee

Executive Director of Technology