Case Study: Spackenkill Union Free School District achieves compliant student data protection with Virtru

Spackenkill Union Free School District protects data for 1,500 students with Virtru

Spackenkill Union Free School District, a K-12 public school district in New York, needed an email encryption solution to protect student and staff data in compliance with New York State’s EdLaw 2-d. Their challenge was to secure personally identifiable information (PII) shared via their prominent use of Gmail. They selected the vendor Virtru and its product, Virtru for Gmail, to address this security gap and gain better control over their sensitive data.

Virtru implemented its end-to-end encryption solution, which was easy to deploy and use. The solution enabled secure communications across the district and provided critical control features like setting expiration dates and revoking access. As a result, Spackenkill achieved compliance with EdLaw 2-d, protected PII from being mishandled, and ensured secure data sharing with parents and other institutions. Virtru's automated alerts for detecting sensitive information further helped the district uphold its duty of privacy and trust.

Spackenkill Union Free School District