Adopt a zero trust architecture to modernize K-12 and higher education cybersecurity and networking
Protect and empower users
Safeguard sensitive data
Meet regulatory compliance
The Problem
Legacy security is ineffective against modern ransomware
Every year, ransomware in the education sector grows. Attackers are getting more focused, often targeting specific schools and administrators with convincing AI-generated phishing campaigns. Their payloads increasingly hide in encrypted traffic, exploiting blind spots in many K-12 and higher education systems.
These critical gaps put students, teachers, staff, and sensitive data at risk. As the sector faces ever more advanced attacks, schools need a more effective way to stop them.
Solution Overview
Eliminate blind spots to stop ransomware cold
The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform enables seamless, secure access for employees and students in K-12 and higher education. Built on a cloud native zero trust architecture, it inspects 100% of TLS/SSL traffic to find and block ransomware and other advanced threats.
Secure your users
Empower users to work, teach, and learn from any device or location. Extend secure access to the internet, SaaS, and private apps while preventing sophisticated threats and data loss.
Secure your workloads
Deliver secure cloud-to-internet, cloud-to-cloud, and cloud-to-data center connectivity. Eliminate the attack surface, prevent lateral movement, and reduce the risk of breaches.
Secure your research
Manage policy-based, secure third-party access to sensitive data and intellectual property, with full Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and StateRAMP compliance.
Benefits
Securely modernize education IT
Enforce zero trust access
Prevent data loss from endpoints, SaaS, and the cloud as a result of accidental exposure or external threats.
Protect users, data, and devices
Deploy comprehensive, integrated cyberthreat and data loss prevention built on zero trust principles.
Optimize digital experiences
Give users fast, reliable, secure app access from anywhere, and enjoy centralized visibility and control.
Reduce costs and complexity
Eliminate firewalls, VPNs, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, and the overhead required to maintain them.
Use Cases
A cloud-first approach for education
Give users consistent, seamless experiences when connecting to the internet or applications, no matter their device or location. Quickly diagnose and fix performance issues from a central console.
Broker direct, one-to-one connections between authorized users and specific apps with the world's most deployed ZTNA solution. Keep users off the network, and apps hidden from the public internet.
Minimize capex and scale up or down according to your needs. Take advantage of a simple subscription model with per-user pricing and no data caps or bandwidth limits.
Effectively block or filter harmful content, protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) and other sensitive data, and gain complete visibility for security assessments.
Eliminate the need for security stacks with an efficient multitenant architecture. Share threat information across a global install base to improve cyber defense and prevent unauthorized access.
Experience the power of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
A comprehensive platform to secure, simplify, and transform your business
01 Security Operations
Reduce risk, and detect and contain breaches, with actionable insights from a unified platform
02 Cyberthreat Protection
Protect users, devices, and workloads against compromise and lateral threat movement
03 Data Security
Leverage full TLS/SSL inspection at scale for complete data security across the SSE platform
04 Zero Trust for Branch and Cloud
Connect users, devices, and workloads between and within the branch, cloud, and data center
Customer Success Stories
University of South Carolina achieves CMMC compliance
NYC DOE enables a safe, CIPA-compliant learning environment
Virginia Commonwealth Univ. provides simple, secure remote access
Partner ecosystem for education
Tight integrations ensure our services are easy to deploy and manage in today's K-12 and Higher Education environments.
Alliances
Channel
Service Providers
We proudly serve education institutions through a variety of contract vehicles
Compliance
The United States Department of Defense requires universities to meet CMMC 2.0 compliance to qualify for certain funding opportunities. Learn how the Zero Trust Exchange can help your school comply.
