Case Study: First Midwest Bank achieves real-time anomaly detection and regulatory compliance with Carahsoft’s Fidelis Deception

First Midwest Bank Uses Fidelis Deception* to Detect and Respond to Security Anomalies

First Midwest Bank, a community bank operating more than 110 branches across the Chicago metro and surrounding regions, faced growing complexity and regulatory pressure (PCI DSS, HIPAA and other standards) that made it difficult to maintain timely visibility into data flows and security controls. To address the need for preemptive intelligence and efficient anomaly detection, First Midwest worked with Carahsoft to deploy Fidelis Deception.

Carahsoft delivered Fidelis Deception into First Midwest’s layered security architecture, providing quick, easy deployment and automated mapping of data activity across networks, endpoints, and applications. The solution’s decoy-based detection gave clear, real-time visibility of attacker movement, reduced time spent sifting through logs, cut false positives, and supplied detailed forensics—helping First Midwest improve compliance, accelerate incident response, and focus security resources on the highest risks.

First Midwest Bank

Weston Nicolls

SVP, Information Security Manager