Case Study
Hillsborough Community College Customer Story
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) serves the metro T ampa, FL area with 6 campuses, 2 satellite sites, a corporate training center and a distance learning program. It has 47,000 students and a 2,500- member faculty. Its IT infrastructure consists of Microsoft Exchange Server, Cisco ASA router and SMTP gateway. All locations go through one central hub. It’s anti-spam and virus defense is multi-layered, with Applied Watch at each location, and Sophos, Cisco IPS and Intelligent Messaging Control in the Exchange Server. Customer Overview: HCC had fallen victim to a StormWorm attack, resulting in a denial of service. The college needed a new, effective way to secure their network and block attacks. Security Challenges: The community college's team selected ThreatSTOP because its cl