Case Study: Regional Bank achieves faster threat detection and closes visibility gaps with Attivo Networks ThreatDefend

Regional Bank Selects Attivo Networks Deception Technology to Close Detection Gaps

Regional Bank, a regional commercial financial institution spanning five US states, discovered detection and visibility gaps during a third‑party penetration test and needed to close them without overburdening its small information security team. The bank sought better detection of insider threats, Man‑in‑the‑Middle attacks, and internal reconnaissance, and selected Attivo Networks’ ThreatDefend platform to pilot deception capabilities across its production environment.

Working with an Attivo Networks partner, the bank deployed the full ThreatDefend suite (including BOTsink, ThreatStrike, ThreatDirect, and ThreatPath) in a staged pilot and then moved to an enterprise rollout. Attivo Networks’ solution delivered immediate improvements in asset visibility (exposing credential vulnerabilities via ThreatPath), intuitive decoy deployment, high‑fidelity alerts and automated response, and forensic data for remediation; the bank now expects reduced mean time‑to‑detection and benefits from a lightweight operational footprint (customers report needing as little as 1/20th of an FTE to manage an Attivo deployment).