Clayton County Public Schools Ransomware Resiliency Case Study

This case study details the implementation of Cohesity solutions by Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) in Georgia to enhance ransomware resiliency and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). Serving over 52,000 students, CCPS faced challenges with its legacy backup solutions, which were inadequate for their virtualized environment. The IT team transitioned to Cohesity's FortKnox and DataProtect solutions, which provided a secure, multicloud data platform for backup and recovery. The case study outlines how CCPS achieved significant improvements, including a 98% reduction in backup times for virtual machines and over 90% faster patch testing for development and testing environments. Additionally, the implementation met cybersecurity insurance requirements and improved operational efficiency. The case study emphasizes the importance of a robust data management strategy in educational institutions, particularly in the face of increasing cybersecurity threats. It also highlights the ease of deployment and management of Cohesity's SaaS solutions, which have streamlined CCPS's IT operations.