Case Study: Liquid achieves robust security and streamlined DevOps for its cryptocurrency exchange with Sumo Logic

Liquid opts for Sumo Logic to shield its leading cryptocurrency exchange from attack while optimizing software delivery and operations

Liquid is a Tokyo‑based global cryptocurrency exchange (Liquid Group) with a multi‑cloud, microservices architecture, distributed development teams, and high traffic volumes—over 1.5 billion weekly visits. Faced with sophisticated attackers and the need to monitor and secure a sprawling CI/CD environment (roughly 45 production apps, 90 in development, 550 repos), the company required a cloud‑native machine‑data solution that could support its global teams, identify operational issues, and defend against malicious activity.

Liquid chose Sumo Logic to aggregate machine data across its AWS, GCP, and Heroku environments, building real‑time dashboards, alerts, and companywide query skills. The deployment reduced daily ingestion (250 GB → <100 GB), enabled rapid detection and mitigation of attacks (including a DDoS/extortion incident), and drove adoption across security, DevOps, operations, and marketing—now used daily by over 25% of staff—accelerating troubleshooting and allowing the company to do more with fewer people while planning broader rollout.

Liquid

Mike Mullins

Chief Information Security Officer