Case Study: Royal Holloway, University of London achieves full network visibility in two days and reduces security workload with Vectra AI Inc.'s Cognito NDR

University gains full visibility within two days of deploying Vectra

Royal Holloway, University of London, is a top-25 UK university with around 11,000 students and 2,000 staff based on a historic campus 19 miles from central London. As a research hub with a large, device-heavy population, it faces a broad attack surface and increasing cyber threats while its security team struggled with a growing workload of manual investigations and limited resources.

Royal Holloway deployed Vectra’s Cognito AI-based Network Detection and Response platform to automate threat hunting, prioritize high-risk incidents, and surface attacker behavior. Within two days the platform revealed attacker activity, and within two weeks it had self-tuned to normal traffic patterns, delivering real-time visibility, reduced workloads, improved efficiency, better security guidance, and opportunities for student training and placements.

Royal Holloway, University of London

Michael Johnson

CIO