Case Study: Washington State University achieves 80% faster threat response with Exabeam

Washington State University Faster Threat Response via Comprehensive Detection

Washington State University, a large public research institution with a complex, city-sized IT environment and many semi-independent sub‑networks, faced increasingly sophisticated attackers who blended malicious activity into low‑risk alerts. The security team lacked holistic visibility and spent significant analyst time on manual IP‑to‑host‑to‑user‑to‑business‑unit mapping (about 20 minutes per mapping), slowing investigations and hindering threat detection.

WSU implemented Exabeam Advanced Analytics to automate host-to-IP-to-user mapping, build pre‑constructed session timelines, and prioritize alerts with contextual risk scoring. As a result, response time dropped by roughly 80%, analysts gained broader and deeper insight into risks and sub‑environments, and incident investigations became far faster and more efficient.

Washington State University