Case Study: Gonzaga University strengthens security and visibility with Gravwell

Gonzaga University - Customer Case Study

Gonzaga University, a university in Spokane, Washington, was struggling with a traditional SIEM that was expensive, difficult to maintain, and never fully adopted by the wider security team. The school needed better visibility across its logs, a more effective way to defend its environment, and a security tool that delivered stronger value for the budget. Gravwell was brought in for log analysis, SIEM, and detection and response.

With Gravwell, Gonzaga University gained a centralized, user-friendly platform for observability, incident response, alert handling, and reporting. The team used Gravwell to quickly investigate incidents such as brute force attempts, monitor firewall and IPS activity, and uncover unexpected issues like misuse of Tier 1 accounts. Gravwell helped the lean security team build an automated, repeatable security process and get much more value from its investment.

Gonzaga University

Angel Alvarez

Security Engineer