Case Study: The Very Group achieves reduced business risk and automated threat detection with Vectra AI Inc.'s Cognito platform

Online retailer reduces business risk

The Very Group, a leading UK pure‑play digital retailer (brands include Very.co.uk, Littlewoods.com and VeryExclusive.co.uk) with £1.93 billion in annual sales and four million active customers, migrated from catalog to mobile‑first ecommerce (69% of online sales). That digital transformation and daily traffic of about 1.3 million visitors exposed the business to new cyber risks and regulatory obligations like GDPR, so the company needed automated, scalable threat detection to protect customer data, maintain trust and reduce business risk.

The Very Group deployed Vectra’s Cognito network detection and response to automate threat hunting, continuously learn device behavior, and prioritize the highest‑risk incidents for the SOC. Cognito detects malicious behaviors (tunnels, remote access tools, exfiltration, credential abuse, rootkits), integrates with existing security tools, and shortens time to detect and respond—helping the in‑house team work more efficiently, protecting £1.93 billion in revenue and safeguarding e‑commerce, cloud and data‑center systems.

The Very Group

Liam Fu

Head of Information Security