Case Study: Merit Network achieves 24/7 automated threat detection and faster incident response with Blumira

Merit Network gets visibility and automated threat response with Blumira, without a SOC

Merit Network, a nonprofit, member-owned research and education network, struggled with an overly noisy, resource‑intensive SIEM that created excessive false positives and required lots of manual triage. To solve alert fatigue and blind spots in detection, Merit turned to Blumira’s automated detection and response platform for continuous threat detection and guided remediation.

Blumira integrated with Merit’s critical cloud and on‑prem infrastructure (Palo Alto firewalls, Linux/Windows servers, Google G Suite), deployed in under an hour, and added a honeypot (3‑minute setup), playbooks, dashboards and Dynamic Block Lists to automate detection and response. The result: 24/7 automated visibility across ~220 million events per week, faster validation and remediation (e.g., a PSExec investigation resolved in 15–20 minutes), reduced manual workload, and a stronger overall security posture thanks to Blumira’s platform and support.

Merit Network

Kevin Hayes

CISO