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	Top-ranked university uses SIEM tuning and monitoring to help defend against hacking attempts

Top-ranked university uses SIEM tuning and monitoring to help defend against hacking attempts

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Intrusion Detection Systems
Services	Cybersecurity Services System Integration Training
Challenge	Small security team lacked ability for 24/7 monitoring. The university had invested in a SIEM but needed expert tuning to help cut down on the 'noise' generated by alarms. Information security is of increasing importance at universities, ranking at the top of the list of critical IT issues in the higher education space. A recent survey ranks education at the bottom of the list in terms of industries that are taking proper cybersecurity measures. Thus, universities such as Duquesne are looking for cybersecurity vendor partners that can help keep their information secure. Read More
About Customer	Set in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Duquesne University has received numerous academic accolades from such entities as U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, and Bloomberg Newsweek. With just under 10,000 students at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and online levels, this academic institution is a bustling hub of activity. In addition to the personal and financial information of its students and their parents, universities are ripe with proprietary research data. It’s for this reason that hackers in countries like China have been stepping up their efforts to breach higher education institutions’ cybersecurity measures. Read More
Solution	Tom Dugas, the Chief Information Security Officer for Duquesne, partnered with Binary Defense to enhance their cybersecurity measures. Binary Defense provided a Security Operations Center (SOC) to manage and monitor the SIEM 24/7, which was cost-effective compared to building one in-house. The partnership with Binary Defense was beyond a vendor relationship; it was a collaboration that included thoughtful and insightful responses to security incidents. Binary Defense also engaged with Duquesne's IT staff during National Cybersecurity Month to promote cybersecurity activities and share insights on threats. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Intrusion Detection Systems

Services

Cybersecurity Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

Small security team lacked ability for 24/7 monitoring. The university had invested in a SIEM but needed expert tuning to help cut down on the 'noise' generated by alarms. Information security is of increasing importance at universities, ranking at the top of the list of critical IT issues in the higher education space. A recent survey ranks education at the bottom of the list in terms of industries that are taking proper cybersecurity measures. Thus, universities such as Duquesne are looking for cybersecurity vendor partners that can help keep their information secure.

About Customer

Set in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Duquesne University has received numerous academic accolades from such entities as U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, and Bloomberg Newsweek. With just under 10,000 students at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and online levels, this academic institution is a bustling hub of activity. In addition to the personal and financial information of its students and their parents, universities are ripe with proprietary research data. It’s for this reason that hackers in countries like China have been stepping up their efforts to breach higher education institutions’ cybersecurity measures.

Solution

Tom Dugas, the Chief Information Security Officer for Duquesne, partnered with Binary Defense to enhance their cybersecurity measures. Binary Defense provided a Security Operations Center (SOC) to manage and monitor the SIEM 24/7, which was cost-effective compared to building one in-house. The partnership with Binary Defense was beyond a vendor relationship; it was a collaboration that included thoughtful and insightful responses to security incidents. Binary Defense also engaged with Duquesne's IT staff during National Cybersecurity Month to promote cybersecurity activities and share insights on threats.

Impact #1	The partnership with Binary Defense has kept the university safe and helped the CISO gain regional recognition.
Impact #2	Binary Defense provided dedicated, expert cybersecurity analysis and 24/7 around-the-clock event monitoring.
Impact #3	The real-time analysis of threat behavior fully integrated into Duquesne's incident response process.

Impact #1

The partnership with Binary Defense has kept the university safe and helped the CISO gain regional recognition.

Impact #2

Binary Defense provided dedicated, expert cybersecurity analysis and 24/7 around-the-clock event monitoring.

Impact #3

The real-time analysis of threat behavior fully integrated into Duquesne's incident response process.

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Top-ranked university uses SIEM tuning and monitoring to help defend against hacking attempts

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