Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Find out how education and managed detection and response make the perfect partnership
When Jack Fowler came in to rebuild the cyber defenses at Harris Federation – an education trust teaching up to 40,000 students – after a ransomware attack, he had two aims.
Firstly, find out where to invest while resisting the urge to splurge on technology, and second: work out who the Trust had in it’s corner if something were to happen again.
Jack and the Federation searched for a Managed Detection and Response service that could do more than the basics covered by Microsoft Defender, yet not be so large and unwieldy that it couldn’t respond to the complex needs of the education sector. He also wanted to find a partner – not just another vendor.
Watch the video to find out what happened next – and read the study to find out what happened when that ‘something’ happened again, and how having WithSecure in Harris Federation’s corner saved the day for pupils in more than 50 primary and secondary schools across London and Essex.
Find out how education and managed detection and response make the perfect partnership
When Jack Fowler came in to rebuild the cyber defenses at Harris Federation – an education trust teaching up to 40,000 students – after a ransomware attack, he had two aims.
Firstly, find out where to invest while resisting the urge to splurge on technology, and second: work out who the Trust had in it’s corner if something were to happen again.
Jack and the Federation searched for a Managed Detection and Response service that could do more than the basics covered by Microsoft Defender, yet not be so large and unwieldy that it couldn’t respond to the complex needs of the education sector. He also wanted to find a partner – not just another vendor.
Watch the video to find out what happened next – and read the study to find out what happened when that ‘something’ happened again, and how having WithSecure in Harris Federation’s corner saved the day for pupils in more than 50 primary and secondary schools across London and Essex.
