University gains full visibility within two days of deploying Vectra
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- United Kingdom
Product
- Cognito NDR platform
Tech Stack
- AI-derived machine learning
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Machine Learning
Applicable Industries
- Education
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
Royal Holloway, University of London, is one of the top 25 universities in the UK. It is located just 19 miles from central London and is situated on 135 acres of parkland. The university has over 11,000 students and 2,000 staff members. It is a center of research and excellence in cybersecurity, making it a particularly attractive target for threat actors. The large population of students and staff regularly connects to multiple devices, presenting a broad attack surface.
The Challenge
Royal Holloway University of London, a top 25 university in the UK, was facing a significant challenge in defending against a wide range of cyber threats. As a center of research and excellence in cybersecurity, the university was a particularly attractive target for threat actors. The large population of students and staff regularly connected to multiple devices, presenting a broad attack surface. With limited resources, the Cyber Security team at Royal Holloway was under huge pressure to keep up with the increasing workload of manual investigations in response to suspected vulnerabilities. They needed a solution that could detect threats that managed to penetrate their network, or those that originated from inside their perimeter defenses, without needing to perform manual intervention.
The Solution
After evaluating multiple solutions, Royal Holloway selected the Cognito network detection and response (NDR) platform from Vectra. The Cognito® NDR platform automates the hunt for cyberattackers, shows where they’re hiding and tells you what they’re doing. The highest-risk threats are instantly correlated to compromised host devices and prioritized by severity. This way, security teams can respond quickly to stop the spread of attacks and avert data breaches. Using the Cognito platform, the Cyber Security team at Royal Holloway can focus on high fidelity alerts and relevant information instead of being overwhelmed by alerts. Now, any critical threats can be automatically shut down. Cognito Detect identifies and stops cyber attackers across cloud, data center, IoT, and enterprise environments. It uses AI-derived machine learning models to deliver real-time attack visibility and place attack details at your fingertips.
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