Case Study: University of Richmond streamlines threat detection and security operations with Rapid7

University of Richmond cuts VPN login investigations from 2-3 hours to 10 minutes with Rapid7

The University of Richmond faced significant security challenges due to the absence of a centralized SIEM, leaving their team to manually sift through scattered logs and operate with limited visibility into threats. Seeking to eliminate these blind spots, the institution selected Rapid7, implementing their InsightIDR and InsightConnect products to streamline detection and response.

By deploying Rapid7's integrated platform, the university achieved centralized log correlation and automated security workflows. This solution led to dramatically faster threat investigation, reducing the time for certain tasks from hours to minutes, and enabled a proactive, real-time security posture. The team at Richmond now actively recommends Rapid7 to other educational institutions for its comprehensive capabilities and predictable pricing.

University of Richmond