The ROI of Correlating SIS Activity With District-Wide Telemetry

Why integrating your Student Information System with Securus360 MXDR pays for itself

1. The Real Cost of “SIS-Only” Visibility

   Student Information Systems log who signed in, changed grades, or updated schedules—but they can’t tell you why it happened, whether the activity is malicious, or how it connects to alerts bubbling up on firewalls, endpoints, and cloud apps. Relying on SIS logs alone leaves three expensive gaps:

   • Slow detection – weeks (or months) before an unusual login or grade-book change is discovered.
   • Manual triage – IT staff export CSVs, pivot-table the data, then cross-check it against other point tools.
   • Isolated alerts – No context on whether an SIS anomaly links to a phishing email or lateral movement in Google Workspace.

   Result: longer dwell time for adversaries, higher breach-recovery bills, and countless staff hours lost to log chasing.

2. What Changes When SIS Data Meets Securus360 MXDR

    

   Capability	Benefit for K-12 Districts
   Real-time, AI-driven anomaly scoring	Impossible-travel logins, brute-force attempts, and mass record exports are flagged immediately.
   Correlated, context-rich alerts	A single ticket shows the SIS user, device, IP, and matching threat-intel hits—no “swivel chair” investigation.
   Automated containment	Verified threats trigger account quarantine or forced password resets in seconds.
   24 × 7 SOC oversight	U.S.-based analysts validate alerts, tune rules for false positives, and guided remediation.
   Executive-ready reporting	Monthly and quarterly risk summaries translate millions of events into insurance-friendly documentation and board-level insights.

3. Quantifying the Return—Without a Spreadsheet

    

   • Breach-recovery costs drop by up to 80 %. Rapid correlation + containment means fewer records exposed, shorter downtime, and smaller forensic/notification invoices.
   • Analyst efficiency doubles. Districts that integrate SIS logs into MXDR typically cut manual log review from several hours a week to a few minutes of ticket verification.
   • Insurance premiums shrink—or coverage stays attainable. Carriers now demand evidence of continuous monitoring and behavioral analytics; MXDR delivers both.
   • Community trust rises. Faster containment = fewer headline-grabbing breaches and calmer board meetings.

   When you stack these savings against a subscription that often runs $5–6 per student, per year, districts regularly see payback inside a single budget cycle—with protection that keeps compounding.

4. Why Districts Choose Securus360 for SIS Correlation

   Any SIS, one platform. PowerSchool, Aeries, Skyward, Infinite Campus, custom databases—we have the ability to ingest them all via API or secure syslog.

   Education-tuned analytics. Rulesets account for substitute-teacher provisioning, Chromebook carts, and exam-season traffic spikes.

   Zero-disruption onboarding. White-glove integration means no rip-and-replace of your existing SIS or security stack.

   Dedicated K-12 expertise. Our analysts speak FERPA, understand classroom realities, and prioritize alerts that matter to schools.

5. Key Takeaways for Superintendents & Boards

    

   • SIS logs alone aren’t security. They’re necessary but not sufficient.
   • Correlating SIS events with district-wide telemetry cuts breach likelihood and detection time dramatically.
   • The financial upside—lower incident costs, reclaimed staff hours, and insurance savings—quickly eclipses subscription fees.
   • Securus360 offers turnkey integration and 24 × 7 SOC support, purpose-built for K-12.

Slashing Response Time: How Correlating Aeries SIS Logs with MXDR Data Stops Breaches Faster

Explains the hidden delay when SIS logs sit in a silo, then shows how Securus360’s MXDR overlays AI analytics and external threat intel to surface anomalies—cutting detection-to-response from hours to minutes and giving IT teams clear, validated alerts.

Beyond Compliance: Turning Aeries SIS into a Proactive Defense Layer with Securus360

Positions the integration as the bridge from "checkbox FERPA security" to continuous risk reduction. Covers automated audit trails, 24/7 monitoring, and reporting that satisfies boards and insurers while actually preventing incidents.

Closing the Visibility Gap: Top Blind Spots in Aeries SIS (and How MXDR Illuminates Them)

Highlights real-world blind spots—service-account misuse, off-hours data pulls, foreign logins—then details how Securus360 correlates SIS events with network, cloud, and endpoint telemetry to uncover threats other tools miss and guide rapid containment.

Ready to See the Difference?

Schedule a 30-minute walkthrough and we’ll be happy to discuss your current SIS logging approach and explore how an MXDR-powered model may benefit your organization just as it has for other school districts across the country.