Case Study: Center for American Progress achieves actionable security insight and thwarts would-be hackers with LogRhythm

Center for American Progress (CAP) Deploys LogRhythm to Thwart Would-be Hackers

The Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C. policy think tank, faced persistent external attacks — including massive brute‑force login attempts, spear‑phishing and drive‑by exploits — across a complex, multi‑vendor environment while being supported by a small 14‑person IT team. CAP struggled to correlate dispersed logs and spent too much time reacting to operational and security incidents without a clear, organization‑wide view of network activity.

CAP deployed the LogRhythm SIEM appliance to aggregate, correlate and analyze Windows logs, syslog and NetFlow from desktops to the data center, providing real‑time alerts, dashboards and fast forensic drill‑downs. On day one it revealed previously unseen Windows configuration issues, excessive printing and widespread authentication failures; over time the tool has sped investigations, enabled proactive detection of anomalies, delivered operational efficiencies and cost savings, and improved CAP’s ability to contain or investigate future breaches.

Center for American Progress

Steve Heibein

Vice President of Technology