Case Study: Major University Healthcare System achieves agentless internal visibility and rapid threat detection to stop hidden cyberattacks with Vectra AI Inc.'s Cognito NDR

University healthcare system counts on Vectra to expose the truth about cyberattacks

A major university healthcare system in the Northeastern United States was largely blind to internal cyberthreats. Existing antivirus, email filters and a log manager were reactive, generated excessive noisy alerts, and many Windows, IoT and regulated medical devices could not support endpoint agents. The organization required a proactive, endpoint‑agnostic, network‑centric detection and response solution to clarify internal network traffic and identify threat actors and methods.

The healthcare system deployed Vectra’s Cognito NDR suite (Detect, Recall and Stream) with sensors in the network core and distribution layers and integration into their SIEM. AI/ML-driven detections produced prioritized, actionable alerts, reduced noise, enabled proactive threat hunting and forensic investigations, and stopped lateral attack progression. The deployment also uncovered insecure legacy protocols and workflow weaknesses that prompted remediation initiatives, and Vectra’s customer support allowed the platform to be tailored to the organization’s needs.