Case Study: Global Financial Services Firm achieves 100% visibility into attacker behavior and rapid threat response with Vectra AI Inc.'s Cognito NDR

Global financial services firm banks on NDR to stop cyberattacks

A global independent financial services firm with more than $118 billion in assets and a 150‑year history faced a reactive security posture: an outdated, under‑maintained SIEM and homegrown tools left its SOC “putting out fires” and struggling to detect hidden threats across cloud, data center, Office 365 and user/IoT devices.

The firm deployed Vectra’s Cognito NDR (Cognito Detect for Office 365 plus Cognito Recall), gaining rapid, out‑of‑the‑box visibility — including detections in encrypted traffic — and prioritized attack narratives tied to hostnames. Within a week the team realized more value than a year of SIEM work: faster investigations (no DHCP hunts), clear critical alerts with remediation guidance, flexible sensor deployment, and a proactive SOC able to stop and investigate threats efficiently.