How Lepide helped Spartanburg School District 5 to Improve File Server Security
The challenge.
With a large and diverse user base—including faculty, staff, and students—Spartanburg was generating and interacting with vast volumes of sensitive data every day. However, the district lacked any meaningful visibility into how users were interacting with that data or the systems hosting it.
There was no way to track when users logged in or out of the network, who was accessing which files, or whether data was being moved to unsecured locations. There was also no visibility into the use of service accounts, or any ability to detect potentially malicious behavior within their environment. Without a solution in place, the district had no way to proactively detect threats or mitigate the risk of breaches and ransomware attacks.
Lepide solution
Following an online search, the district discovered the Lepide Data Security Platform. After a brief evaluation, Spartanburg chose Lepide based on its clean interface, powerful behavior analytics, and ease of use.
Lepide enabled the district to gain real-time visibility into file access, user behavior, and logon events across its network. Using anomaly detection, the platform identified suspicious behavior and alerted administrators to potential security incidents. It also provided actionable reports and mobile alerts for mission-critical events, ensuring the Director of Technology could respond to risks in real time.
Deployment was straightforward, with Lepide’s support team handling the initial setup and configuration. According to the district, the platform was intuitive from day one, and technical support was fast, knowledgeable, and helpful at every stage.