Case Study: Commonwealth of Virginia strengthens whole-of-state data protection with Virtru encryption

Commonwealth of Virginia automates encryption across 100 agencies with Virtru

The Commonwealth of Virginia, a decentralized state government with 100 agencies, faced fragmented data security protocols that created vulnerabilities in protecting sensitive citizen information. Their challenge was to unify protection for data like health and public safety records across their Microsoft environment. They partnered with Virtru, implementing its encryption platform including Virtru for Outlook and the Virtru Data Protection Gateway.

Virtru's solution integrated with Microsoft Purview to auto-trigger encryption based on sensitivity labels, ensuring consistent, policy-driven protection. This provided immediate enforcement capabilities, eliminated third-party data access, and helped meet compliance requirements like CJIS and HIPAA. The results included a strengthened "whole-of-state" security posture, centralized management, and reduced costs through tools like the Virtru Private Keystore.

Commonwealth of Virginia