Vinson | Vinson Announces Vinson Protect, Designed for Education

May 2, 2022

Vinson, a leading managed security and service provider for schools and school districts, today announced the launch of their newest service, Vinson Protect which is available for purchase immediately.

Vinson Protect is a collaboration between Vinson, Malwarebytes, and SecurelyManaged. By pairing Vinson’s expert knowledge of educational technology environments in schools and districts with the products and services from Malwarebytes and SecurelyManaged, Vinson brings a robust, multi-layered approach to school district security. Vinson Protect is available in 3 different tiers (Lite, Standard, and Plus) to better match client needs and budgets. Regardless of the tier implemented, all Vinson Protect customers will receive an annual security audit, security awareness training, basic endpoint scanning and remediation, and server endpoint detection and response capabilities. Higher levels of Vinson Protect add workstation endpoint detection and response (EDR) and vulnerability scanning, with the highest level adding a 24x7x365 staffed Security Operations Center (SOC) and comprehensive Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) capabilities.

“Schools and School Districts are increasingly becoming targets for bad actors in the cybersecurity space, whether it be ransomware, malware, key-logging, or social engineering attacks. There is no shortage of cyber security products and vendors from which to choose, but knowing the right mixture of products, services, and investment is extremely difficult. Partnering with Vinson for your school or district’s cyber security needs will not only deliver a centrally-managed security suite of products to your organization but also provides a personal review of your cyber security posture as well as an annual security awareness training program for your staff. Further, our current clients report that the renewal of their cyber security and general insurance is starting to require centrally monitored and managed EDR capabilities. We are excited to bring this product to schools and districts and bring peace of mind with respect to their cyber security protection.”

“We chose Malwarebytes because of their deep knowledge and extensive telemetry resulting from being the industry’s go-to tool for malware removal from endpoints. This has made Malwarebytes one of the industry’s most trusted vendors for remediation, and it enables them to deliver superior protection, detection, and response capabilities to our clients. Their single-pane-of-glass management console, OneView, allows us to have instant knowledge and visibility of any infection or suspicious activities in any of our customers’ environments. Plus, their direct integration to our ticketing system alerts our technicians immediately of issues that need to be addressed without any intervention or action by the end-user.”

“SecurelyManaged brings their extensive security knowledge and 24x7x365 SOC to our customers, as well as their SIEM platform and its extensive capabilities. By leveraging Vinson technicians, Vinson auditing and training, Malwarebytes EDR agents, and SecurelyManaged’s SIEM, we are able to deliver a feature-rich cyber protection service that addresses workstation, server, network, and social engineering vulnerabilities in one managed service.”

About Vinson

Vinson is a leading educational technology managed security and service provider, specializing in schools and school districts. The company’s Managed Services, Protect, Shield, Educate, Edify, E-Rate, and Backup services allow schools to focus on their core mission of providing exceptional learning environments for their students without worrying about the stability, security, or scalability of their technology platform. Further, the company’s EMIS Checkpoint software makes it easy for schools to proactively spot errors in their EMIS reporting, and not only help avoid costly mistakes but ensure that they claim every dollar of state-approved funding. Learn more by visiting their website at https://www.vinsonedu.com.