Case Study: Aberystwyth University improves security and stability with Runecast Analyzer

Ensured Security and Stability with Runecast Analyzer

Aberystwyth University, a public research university in Wales with more than 6,000 students, needed better visibility into its VMware environment as a small IT team managed 8 physical hosts, 2 vCenters, and plans to expand. The team was mostly reactive, struggled to keep up with firmware and log issues, and needed a more proactive way to spot configuration and security problems before they affected services.

The university deployed Runecast Analyzer and got to actionable insights in less than an hour. Runecast automatically parsed logs in real time, highlighted issues, sent email alerts for discovered knowledge base entries, and exposed configuration and hardware compatibility problems, including NIC firmware issues, that the team had previously not had time to check. Aberystwyth University now runs weekly analyses, resolves most findings quickly, and uses Runecast to stay ahead of drift and improve security and stability.

Aberystwyth University

Dan Monaghan

Cyber Security Officer