--- title: "Higher Education Data Protection & Cyber Resilience | Commvault" type: "WebPage" language: "en-US" url: "https://www.commvault.com/use-cases/education" date: "2025-08-16T08:13:20-04:00" modified: "2026-07-02T13:10:46-04:00" description: "Help safeguard student, research, and institutional data with resilient, compliant data protection for cloud and hybrid campus environments with rapid recovery. " image: "https://www.commvault.com/ogimage/fb/12580/" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Use cases" url: "https://www.commvault.com/use-cases" - name: "Education" --- # Education - [Home](/) - Use Cases - Education ## Modern Cyber Resilience for Higher Education Commvault Cloud can deliver unmatched workload protection across complex higher education environments, combining the broadest coverage with advanced cloud resilience and cost optimization built for the future. - [Request a demo](/request-demo) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Hero_Use-Cases-Education_650x650.png) --- - [Benefits](#Benefits) - [Analyst Report](#Analyst-Report) - [Features](#Features) - [Customer References](#Customer-References) - [Resources](#Resources) [Start a Trial](/free-trial) --- Cyber Resilience for Higher Education ## Cyber resilience for complex educational systems Our cyber resilience solutions can deliver the broadest workload protection across complex multi-cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments—helping to safeguard your modern educational landscape with accessibility, rapid recovery, and uninterrupted operations. --- ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Compliance-Governance_Crocus_RGB-2.svg) --- ## Compliance assurance Help prove compliance with robust, configurable tools that meet industry standards—enhanced by AI-enabled recommendations that classify mission-critical and sensitive data to strengthen privacy and governance. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Flexible_Crocus_RGB-2.svg) --- ## Minimized risk at edge sites Help safeguard student data from breaches and maintain continuous operations across remote learning locations. Enhance resilience at the edge with protected, easy-to-deploy solutions and unified management tools. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Log-Monitor_Crocus_RGB_529672.svg) --- ## Sensitive/PPI data discovery and classification Help discover and classify data across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured sources to strengthen governance, support compliance, and protect sensitive student, research, and institutional data across all environments. --- Analyst report ## Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Commvault named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the 15th consecutive time.​ [Read the report](/gc/itleaders) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gartner-MQ-FY27_Web-Hero_650x650.png) --- Enhanced Cyber Resilience ## AI-enabled threat detection & hunting Help reduce the impact of cyber-attacks with visibility and real-time intelligence, enabling faster detection, response, and recovery across your institution’s digital and data landscape. ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Use-Cases-Education_Benefit_Identify-Risks_1088x870.png) --- --- ## Uncover cyber threats Enhance your educational data defense with early warning capabilities and integrated cyber deception, quickly identifying, containing, and reducing threats as soon as a cyberattack begins. [Explore Threatwise®](/platform/threatwise) --- ## Smart data governance protects student and institutional data Risk governance capabilities protect and defend sensitive data across your entire infrastructure. Gain visibility into data risks to easily identify and categorize sensitive. [Explore Risk Analysis](/platform/risk-analysis) --- ## Keep backup data clean Proactively scan backup data for malware threats to prevent reinfection during the recovery process in your educational system. [Explore Threat Scan](/platform/threat-scan) --- ## Harness cloud-ready resiliency Rapid, on-demand cloud recovery environment for testing, forensics, and staging—using immutable, isolated backups to help establish clean recoveries, continuous validation, and stronger cyber resilience. [Explore Commvault Cleanroom](/platform/commvault-cleanroom) --- ## Accelerate cloud rebuild Regularly discover, protect, rewind, and rebuild your entire cloud application environments including data and dependencies with a single click from failures or ransomware attacks. [Explore Cloud Rewind](/platform/cloud-rewind) --- Case Study ## See how Pragya Systems cut cloud operations costs by 50% and reduced SaaS downtime by 95% Pragya Systems’ SaaS Resiliency Increased by 300% with Commvault Cloud Rewind . [Read case study](/resources/case-studies/pragya-saas-resiliency-increased) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerStory_IllinoisStateUniversity_650x650.png) --- Our Reach ## Supporting more than 100,000 companies --- - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/logo__adidas.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/logo__sony.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/astra-zeneca-case-study.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/logo__merck.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/logo__randstad.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/logo__panasonic.png) --- > “With Commvault Cloud Rewind, our enterprise-class service for higher-ed students and universities achieves seamless global scalability and resiliency. Cloud Rewind makes it easy for us to deliver and manage all of this with a simple UI.” > > CEO & Founder, Pragya Systems > “Honestly, I’d say we’ve been happy with Commvault for so long, it’s kind of expected that the software can do any sort of data manipulation, migration, and protection that we’d need. We’ve never really run into a scenario that Commvault can’t do what we need or ask of it.” > > Craig Jackson > > Executive Director of Technology Infrastructure & Research Computing > “We were blown away by the simplicity and ease of maintenance with Commvault Cloud. Now, one staff member can monitor backups for 400 servers and 200 databases and still have time to do other important work.” > > Justin Mason > > Associate Directory, Vendor and Operations, University of Canberra --- Featured Resource ## 2024 Cyber Recovery Readiness Report Derived from a comprehensive survey of 1,000 global cybersecurity and IT leaders, this report highlights worldwide challenges and essential strategies for cyber recovery readiness. [Learn more](/gc/itleaders) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Resource_Cyberthreat-Recovery-Solution-Brief_888x500-4.jpg) --- Related Resources ## Explore more of our resources [View all resources](/resources) --- ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/education-scaled.jpg) Case Study ## MBO Amersfoort: Data Chaos to Strategic Clarity Educational institution achieves data management excellence with Commvault and SPIE. [Read case study about MBO Amersfoort: Data Chaos to Strategic Clarity](https://www.commvault.com/resources/case-studies/mbo-amersfoort-achieves-data-management-excellence) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Resource_IBM-i-file_Documentation_888x500.jpg) Solution Brief ## Protect Education Data on Microsoft 365 Help be prepared for sophisticated cyberattacks and confidently back up your data with Commvault Cloud and Microsoft 365. [Read solution brief about Protect Education Data on Microsoft 365](/resources/solution-brief/protect-education-data-on-microsoft-365) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Resource_Generic_888x500-33.jpg) SOLUTION BRIEF ## Commvault Education Solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Education is undergoing a large-scale digital transformation, demanding an effective strategy for securely and efficiently managing data across multiple locations. [Read solution brief about Commvault Education Solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS)](/resources/solution-brief/commvault-education-solutions-with-amazon-web-services) --- Get Started ## Experience Commvault® Cloud today Cyber resilience for educational institutions, with the first platform built to enable continuous business. [Get free trial](/free-trial) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Silhouette_Workers_Demo@2x.png)