How Lepide helped Spartanburg School District 5 to Improve File Server Security
The challenge.
Kevin Gallagher, Senior Systems Administrator, faced the common challenge seen in higher education: constant changes to the user base, resulting in frequent updates to access rights and system configurations. Attempting to manually audit these changes was time-consuming, reactive, and ineffective for maintaining a secure and compliant environment.
Napier needed a smarter way to track changes to sensitive systems and user permissions. Specifically, the team wanted clear visibility into who made changes, what was changed, and when—across Active Directory, Group Policy, and SQL Servers. They also required real-time alerting and the ability to monitor logons and AD object activity across a constantly evolving network.
Lepide solution
Lepide provided Napier with a platform that met all their auditing and reporting needs—while also being cost-effective and simple to manage. With real-time threshold alerts, detailed before-and-after value reporting, and a secure web-based reporting console, the IT team was able to delegate oversight responsibilities while maintaining centralized control.
The platform offered a site license model that supported Napier’s fluctuating user counts, and the deployment process was smooth and well-supported by Lepide’s technical team. Kevin noted that Lepide outperformed other vendors in both reporting depth and usability, while also being competitively priced.
Post-deployment, Napier reported stronger control over system changes, fewer blind spots, and faster resolution of issues that previously required time-consuming manual audits. The university now has a more secure, manageable, and scalable IT environment.