Case Study: REI gains edge protection and real-time security visibility with Splunk Cloud

REI cuts security investigations from a week to real time with Splunk

REI, a national specialty outdoor retailer, faced challenges with legacy systems that limited its ability to quickly monitor network performance and identify security threats during its migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The process for investigating issues across multiple AWS accounts was time-consuming, taking up to a week, and the company lacked a secure framework for protecting its public-facing cloud applications. To address this, REI turned to the vendor Splunk to enhance its edge security and gain real-time visibility.

By implementing Splunk Cloud along with the Splunk Add-on for AWS and the Amazon GuardDuty Add-on for Splunk, the vendor provided a centralized solution for security visibility and alerting. This integration allowed REI to aggregate and correlate logs from various AWS services, streamlining threat detection and supporting its new DevSecOps practices. The results included significant time savings, a standardized security model for all cloud deployments, and real-time insight into potential threats, which REI described as a very good investment.

REI, Inc