Education
The University of Exeter: Secure and Resilient with Rubrik Security Cloud
Improving data security, reducing operational costs, and protecting the university experience
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complete cyber resilience platform
Enhanced
data security
50%
restore time reduced
Overview
The University of Exeter is known for its innovative teaching and research endeavors. Serving 30,000 students and 4,500 staff, the university emphasizes the importance of seamless digital experiences.
Having a modern cyber resilience solution that prioritizes security, recovery time, automation, and cloud mobility is crucial.
“If our infrastructure fails, students can't attend lessons, lecturers can't deliver content, and research projects grind to a halt. The entire university experience would suffer if we can't get systems back online quickly.” explains the Senior Infrastructure Engineer.
Director of IT Services
University of Exeter![]()
Challenges
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4 legacy backup solutions
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Difficulty managing and maintainingcompliance with evolving requirements.
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Lengthy data restoration process
Results
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1 complete cyber resilience
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Enhanced data security
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Restore time reduced by 50%
Challenges
NAVIGATING OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES WITH LEGACY SOLUTIONS
The University faced operational inefficiencies due to a complex legacy backup environment consisting of four separate solutions to protect critical data like student records and research data. The legacy systems were all ill-equipped to meet evolving security and compliance requirements.
To address these challenges, University of Exeter's Director of IT Services, needed a single modern cyber resilience platform with native data security features, proven to operate at speed and scale, as well as protect and recover critical structured and unstructured data sets on-premises, in the cloud, and within SaaS applications.
“Data security is the number one thing that my team approaches in any circumstance. It's the first thing we focus on, operationally day-to-day and for any new project,” said the Director of IT Services.
Director of IT Services
University of Exeter![]()
Solutions
OPTIMIZING CYBER RESILIENCE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH RUBRIK SECURITY CLOUD
The University of Exeter found its cyber resilience solution in Rubrik Security Cloud.
“Rubrik was definitely the leader from our first look at requirements. The technical capabilities are unparalleled. Rubrik is proven in higher education, the team was willing to work with us to meet our ROI goals, and we could see Rubrik’s strength in the market from the other things you'd done.”
The adoption of Rubrik has significantly improved the university's resilience and recovery capabilities amidst an increasingly complex cyber threat landscape. In the event of a cyber incident, with Rubrik Security Cloud critical systems and data can now be restored within minutes, reducing downtime and maintaining service continuity.
“I was facing a complete refresh and rebuild of our backup and recovery estate. Rubrik helped us align with industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks and compliance expectations, which also supported our broader risk management strategy.” noted the Director of IT Services
Director of IT Services
University of Exeter![]()
The Results
SECURE AND RESILIENT WITH RUBRIK SECURITY CLOUD
Rubrik gives the University a “single pane of glass” experience, significantly reducing administrative burdens.
“Before, we were having to log into all these different systems each day to see if jobs passed, and other people would be dealing with failures. With Rubrik it's just fast and easy to manage,” said the Senior Infrastructure Engineer.
Beyond operational efficiency, one of the key Rubrik capabilities that resonated with the University of Exeter was Sensitive Data Monitoring to help reduce risk of sensitive data exposure and meet compliance regulations. “Rubrik's Sensitive Data Monitoring has helped us identify and manage millions of files with PII, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and reducing our risk of sensitive data exposure,” described the Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Moreover, thanks to Rubrik's Anomaly Detection and Threat Monitoring, the university proactively protects their data and infrastructure from potential threats and vulnerabilities, providing them with peace of mind and confidence in their security measures.
“Rubrik has been instrumental in advancing our efforts by enhancing our NIST compliance maturity level. And ultimately, that's part of delivering our strategic agreement with the University on cyber resilience.” concluded the Director of IT Services.
“Rubrik was definitely the leader from our first look at requirements. The technical capabilities are unparalleled. Rubrik is proven in higher education, the team was willing to work with us to meet our ROI goals, and we could see Rubrik’s strength in the market from the other things you'd done.”
Director of IT Services
University of Exeter![]()
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