Cybersecurity Automation with PhishHunter
About This Project
Volusia County Schools
Client
63,000+
Students
DeLand, FL
Location
Partner Technologies Used
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
Project Highlight
Volusia County Schools automated their phishing response using PhishHunter, reducing remediation time from 24 hours to just 7 minutes and reclaiming 15% of IT team capacity, while securing 63,000+ student accounts.
Overview
Organization: Volusia County Schools
Location: DeLand, Florida
Size:
78+ Schools
3,700+ Employees
63,000+ Students
Challenge
Volusia County Schools faced a sharp increase in sophisticated phishing attempts, with fake login pages that appeared strikingly legitimate.
“If a user didn’t happen to notice the odd URL, there’d be no way they could resist logging in.”
Without fast detection and response, the district risked credential compromise, replication of phishing emails, and widespread disruption.
“If a user didn’t happen to notice the odd URL, there’d be no way they could resist logging in.”
Solution
To combat this growing threat, the district deployed PhishHunter, a solution developed by eGroup and powered by:
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
PhishHunter enables:
Advanced threat prevention
Real-time detection and response
Automated user notifications and account remediation
Before & After PhishHunter Implementation
Before |
After |
|---|---|
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Manual response |
Automated response |
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Up to 24 hours to remediate a phishing incident |
Compromised accounts disabled within 7 minutes |
|
Phishing emails had time to spread across the organization |
Phishing replication stopped almost immediately |
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Required 4 teams and ~7 hours of total labor per incident |
Only 1 staff member needed to respond, reducing time by over 85% |
By solving the phishing issue, IT team members gained back ~15% of their time.
Key Capabilities of PhishHunter
Prevention
Stops phishing emails using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Detection
Identifies anomalies through Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Notification
Alerts users and security staff with actionable insights
Remediation
Automatically disables compromised accounts through Microsoft Entra ID
The Impact
PhishHunter provided Volusia County Schools with a rapid, scalable way to defend against phishing attacks—freeing up IT time, protecting student data, and preventing potentially catastrophic breaches.
“We enabled PhishHunter at exactly the right time. Otherwise, we were going to have a potential catastrophe on our hands.”
eGroup Can Help You Too!
Ready to modernize your cybersecurity strategy? PhishHunter is just one of the ways eGroup Enabling Technologies helps schools and enterprises automate response, secure cloud identities, and stay ahead of threats.
