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Coventry University Group Safeguards Students and Faculty With Proofpoint Human-Centric Security
The Organization
Coventry University has a long tradition of excellence, and it invests heavily in its people and facilities. Its IT team prioritizes user experience, and it wanted to ensure its security solutions did not become a burden for the university or its 36,000 students.
The Challenge
Building trusted student relationships
Like other top universities, Coventry University Group depends on keeping its users and infrastructure secure from quickly changing threats. When its existing security solutions began to show their limitations, the IT team became concerned that technical issues could impact student engagement and business operations, which would also impact brand perception.
“ Our previous spam filter had a variety of capabilities, including attachment scanning and URL filtering,” said Steve Rogers, chief technology officer at Coventry University Group.“ But we have several enrollment periods throughout the year that are vital to business, and on several occasions, our spam filter stopped working. That created a backlog of emails for us internally. Every one of those emails was an indication of how well we engage with our students. And that engagement might be the difference between a student attending Coventry University, one of the Coventry University Group brands, or choosing another university.” What’ s more, evolving threats such as ransomware demanded a proactive approach without increasing administrative burdens on the small IT team.
The Challenge
• Protect millions of student and faculty emails from evolving phishing and social engineering attacks
• Reduce burden on IT staff by consolidating disparate security solutions
• Equip users with tools and awareness to actively defend against threats
The Solution
Proofpoint Threat Protection platform
• Proofpoint Email Protection
• Proofpoint Email Fraud Defense
• Proofpoint Secure Email Relay
The Results
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• Empowers users to identify and report threats, reducing spam emails by 30 %
• Improves visibility into email threats for proactive security measures
• Provides a consolidated platform that simplifies management and saves IT staff time ✓
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