Case Study: Big Acronym University strengthens research security and CMMC compliance with Summit 7

Big Acronym University reduces average triage time to 1.6 hours with Summit 7

Summit 7 partnered with Big Acronym University, a higher education institution conducting defense research, to address its significant challenges with Department of Defense cybersecurity compliance. The university needed to protect sensitive research data from advanced threats while adhering to stringent federal regulations to maintain its critical DoD funding.

The solution implemented by Summit 7 was built on Microsoft 365 GCC High and utilized their MXDR managed security service, Vigilance. This included 24/7 monitoring, custom SOAR playbooks, and a full Microsoft security stack. As a result, the average time to triage security incidents dropped from 9.3 hours to 1.6 hours. This robust security posture was a significant contributor to the university's regulated research revenue growing from $80 million to $400 million, with the DoD becoming its top funding source.