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Website: Add "About Fleet" section to case study article template page. (#43086 )

Closes https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/41798


Changes:
- Added an "About Fleet" section to the case study article template
page.
- Removed the "About Fleet" sections from case study articles.



FYI @irenareedy: After this change is merged, you will not need to
include an "About Fleet" section on new case study articles.

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Medical research institution brings Linux devices into compliance with Fleet

A leading medical research institution supports faculty, staff, and research teams working across education and clinical innovation. Protecting devices in this environment is especially important because research systems often have strict uptime and compliance requirements.

Fleet helps the institution bring previously unmanaged Linux devices into a more consistent security program.

At a glance

Industry: Higher education and medical research
Devices managed: ~8,000 total devices, including 54+ Linux devices
Primary requirements: Linux management, encryption visibility, and osquery integration
Previous challenge: Linux devices were difficult to manage with legacy tools

The challenge

Before Fleet, Linux devices were a major blind spot.

Some were unmanaged. Others were only lightly managed because existing tools could not support them well. In a research environment, the team also had to be careful not to disrupt sensitive workloads or create friction with technical users.

The team needed better visibility without using invasive workflows that could interfere with research.

The evaluation criteria

The team identified three priorities:

Linux management
Bring research workstations into compliance.
Encryption visibility
Verify disk encryption status for audits and internal controls.
osquery integration
Collect deep visibility data without disrupting users.

The solution

Fleet gave the team a way to manage Linux devices with more transparency.

That mattered because many Linux users were skeptical of traditional device management. Fleet’s open-source model helped the team explain what the software does and build trust with researchers who wanted clear answers.

The team also uses Fleet onboarding scripts to automatically install key compliance tools such as CrowdStrike Falcon and Duo when a device enrolls.

The results

Fleet expanded the team’s reach into a previously hard-to-manage part of the environment.

Improved Linux compliance: Devices that were once unmanaged are now enrolled and monitored.
Faster audit verification: Encryption status and other controls can be checked quickly.
Careful user impact: Restart Windows and notifications help protect research uptime during patching.

For this institution, the biggest benefit is effective Linux management with transparency.

Fleet helps the IT team improve compliance while respecting the needs of technical users and research workflows.

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