Case Study: Cal Poly strengthens campus security and student learning with Splunk

Cal Poly improves security response to under 5 min with Splunk

Cal Poly, a university, faced the challenge of protecting its complex, hybrid infrastructure after migrating to the cloud. They needed a unified security platform to gain visibility into their systems and maintain their focus on providing experiential learning for students. To address this, they turned to the vendor Splunk and implemented Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise Security.

By using Splunk, the university gained the visibility needed to strengthen its security posture. The solution helps correlate over 105GB of data daily, thwarts over one million threats each day, and reduces incident response time to under five minutes. Furthermore, Splunk provided a practical platform for student employees, giving 2-4 students per quarter real-world cybersecurity experience while increasing the university's overall resilience.

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