OVERVIEW
Central Utah Education Services (CUES) supports seven rural school districts across Utah, helping provide equitable access to technology and educational resources. To address growing cybersecurity challenges, limited IT resources, and increasing demands for secure connectivity, CUES standardized on the Fortinet Security Fabric. With Fortinet, the organization gained centralized visibility, stronger access controls, automated threat response, and simplified operations across its distributed environment.
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Challenge
- Managing consistent security across seven independently operated school districts with varying levels of IT expertise.
- Limited staffing made it difficult to monitor threats, investigate incidents, and maintain secure firewall configurations.
- Increased reliance on encrypted traffic, cloud services, and remote access created visibility gaps and heightened security risks.
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Solution
- Standardized on FortiGate NGFWs with FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services to provide advanced threat prevention and encrypted traffic inspection.
- Leveraged FortiAnalyzer automation to improve visibility, streamline investigations, and automate threat response actions.
- Implemented FortiAuthenticator with MFA and identity-based access controls to secure privileged access across the environment.
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Results
- Established consistent, enforceable security controls across seven districts while reducing operational burden on IT teams.
- Accelerated incident investigation and response with centralized visibility, automated workflows, and comprehensive logging.
- Strengthened security through identity-based access controls and MFA while simplifying management with an integrated platform.
CUSTOMER QUOTE
At the end of the day, we're trying to create the same opportunities for every student, which means the technology has to work and be secure. We get that with Fortinet.- Byron Peterson, Regional Network Engineer, CUES
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Richfield, Utah
Industry
Education
