Case Study: Ventura achieves PCI DSS compliance and real-time network visibility with LogRhythm

Combining PCI DSS Compliance with Unprecedented IT System Analysis Capabilities

Ventura, a Next Group subsidiary and one of the UK’s largest customer‑management outsourcers with around 8,000 employees, faced a major challenge meeting PCI DSS requirements because log and event data lived in heterogeneous formats across many systems. Accessing and analysing those disparate logs for compliance or security investigations was slow and laborious, so the company needed an integrated SIEM to centralise, archive and monitor log data in real time.

After a short trial Ventura deployed LogRhythm, completing implementation in two days and rapidly achieving ROI. The solution consolidated logs from Windows/Unix/Linux, databases, IPS, 2‑factor auth, webservers, firewalls, VPNs, AV and custom sources, delivering PCI DSS compliance, real‑time anomaly alerting, dramatically faster troubleshooting (from days to hours, with plans to reduce to under an hour), improved network visibility and new operational uses such as firewall rule profiling.

Ventura

Mark Wityszyn

IT Security Manager