Case Study: Venable LLP achieves greater security transparency and nearly $1M in annual savings with Expel MDR

Improving Security Begins with Data Transparency

Venable LLP, a law firm based in Washington, D.C., faced a significant challenge with their previous managed security service provider, which operated as a "black box." Their vendor lacked transparency, providing alerts without context or supporting data, which led to a lack of trust and value. This lack of visibility prevented the security team from effectively enabling the business and improving its security posture, prompting them to seek a new partner like Expel and its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service.

Expel implemented its MDR solution and its Expel Workbench platform, providing the transparency Venable required. The solution filtered out noise, reducing alert fatigue by processing over 2 million alerts to identify only 114 actionable items. This collaboration saved the firm nearly $1 million annually that would have been needed for an in-house SOC and provided the team with proven operational excellence and a deeper security bench.

Venable LLP

Michael Darling

Senior Director of Information Security