Case Study: UNIVERSITY PRIORITIZES SECURITY

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 Based in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa University provides a unique learning experience for its students. As the first accredited university to bring contemplative education to the West, their students combine introspection and experiential learning with their academic study. They offer a variety of courses and majors for their students, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, creating a classroom culture of engagement and equity. 

Naropa is led by a philosophy of mindfulness and compassion, which is imparted into every aspect of their program. They give their students a chance to further their education while learning through self-awareness and personal introspection. While their student body may be small, as with any educational institution, a lot of sensitive data is handled by the university. Their university doesn’t require a full cybersecurity staff, but with the changes in today’s technology, and the frequency of educational institutions being targeted by cybercriminals, it became clear that they needed a robust security program. 

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Case Study: KEEPING CRITICAL RESEARCH PROTECTED

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Founded with the goal of building a partnership between basic science and applied research, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has made it their mission to better understand the immune system and improve human health by developing treatments and cures for immune system disorders. LJI, a top immunology research institution, has been operating for more than 30 years and has over 450 employees. 

Focused on finding treatments and vaccines for a variety of diseases, from cancer and HIV, to diabetes and allergies, the research being done by the scientists at LJI is of critical importance. While cybersecurity wasn’t a concern when their organization was founded in 1998, as their organization continued to grow, so did the amount of sensitive data and research that was stored within their networks. However, as a non-profit organization, the majority of their funds were earmarked for the ground-breaking scientific research – not IT. 

The small, internal IT team at LJI knew cybersecurity needed to be a priority, but they did not have the resources to build and manage a mature program in-house. While they had put tools in place for ad-hoc coverage, such as network and endpoint protections, they knew it was not enough to protect their organization in the current threat landscape. 

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Case Study: FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM LOOKS FOR CYBERSECURITY PARTNER

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Funding Societies is the largest Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. Given the amount of sensitive data that is processed on Funding Societies’ website, cybersecurity is of the utmost importance. Protecting their clients’ information is critical to maintaining trust in the relationships between both parties so when it came to looking for a security partner, they were determined to find a company that would take the role seriously and view their security as a shared responsibility. 

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Case Study: SMARTER SECURITY ENSURES CONTINUATION OF UTILITY OPERATIONS

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This utility company typically performed data service applications using on-premises data centers, but as their business evolved, they looked to begin migrating various utility service applications to AWS. They initially tested a shift of water applications to the cloud, but not long after migration, they began experiencing a high volume of attacks on their new cloud infrastructure, which required high volume of manual response actions. 

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Case Study: MANUFACTURER MODERNIZES SECURITY OPERATIONS

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This global manufacturer manages a large volume of products to meet demands for construction clients. They invested in Splunk for their security needs, but their internal IT and cybersecurity teams didn’t have the experience to utilize it to its full potential nor support 24/7 operations; additional, they were building up their cloud infrastructure in AWS. Without having the internal resources to support their infrastructure, they needed to find a partner that could help with their in-house SIEM solution and AWS data to ensure that their data was always safe. 

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Case Study: HOME AUTOMATION COMPANY FOCUSES ON CLOUD SECURITY

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When this well known home automation company came to Proficio, they were already housing their webcam data in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Cloud security was a priority, so they needed to have around the clock protection to ensure their data was secure but didn’t have the resources to monitor their networks 24/7 while also managing a cloud infrastructure, which is often time consuming and overwhelming for a security team. 

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Case Study: LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY STRIVES FOR SUPERIOR SECURITY

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This major life insurance provider was pleased with the abilities of Splunk, but their team had limited resources. Since their system processed millions of log events every day, investigating notables and remediating critical events without a dedicated 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) became an overwhelming task. In addition, they were hosting significant data in the cloud. So, they decided to partner with subject matter experts that could provide an additional layer of security for both platforms. 

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Case Study: IPH UNIFIES SECURITY OPERATIONS

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Given the group’s growth and expansion, cybersecurity was a key priority for the IPH IT team. While the team had providers in place, they felt their needs weren’t being met; they did not have adequate incident tracking mechanisms or a centralized location to go to for any issues. So, the team decided to search for a new security provider that could provide quicker response times and a unified view of security alerts across the group, which would alleviate internal resource constraint that comes with investigating security incidents from multiple vendors.

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