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BACKGROUND

This US-based manufacturing company operates a global network of connected infrastructure and technology assets, serving millions of users. Their cybersecurity team is lean but experienced, responsible for safeguarding both traditional IT and operational technology (OT) environments.

In their search for a modern SIEM, the Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy prioritized a platform that could work with their existing cloud-first data lake strategy. Their previous vendor-hosted SIEM restricted visibility and ownership, making it difficult and costly to manage data retention, disposal, and ingestion.

“Most organizations end up retaining data forever, including customer data. That’s a big pain point from both a cost perspective and a management perspective.” Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy US-based manufacturing company
KEY CHALLENGES

  • Rigid vendor control over data
    Their previous solution stored security data externally, limiting flexibility and creating a costly dependency for data access, retention, and disposal.
  • Manual integrations for new data sources
    The previous SIEM required building custom connectors, slowing the pace of onboarding new telemetry and increasing engineering overhead.
  • Staffing gaps and alert fatigue
    With a small team, even temporary absences (e.g., during vacation periods) made it difficult to keep up with alert triage and investigation workloads.
  • Lack of real-time response capability
    Without fast, accurate threat correlation, analysts were left to manually stitch together context—limiting the speed and confidence of their decision-making.
“We can’t automate everything... so we look to our partners to help us reduce false positives, fine-tune the platform, and reduce the noise.” Director of Cybersecurity and Privacy, US-based manufacturing company

01

Data lake-native ingestion

Hunters runs on top of the US-based manufacturing company's data lake, eliminating the need for custom connectors and allowing the SOC team to rapidly onboard new telemetry.

02

Proactive Threat Hunting

Rather than using their SOC reactively, the US-based manufacturing team's SOC uses Hunters to proactively detect and investigate threats across the entire attack surface, preventing breaches before they escalate.

03

Automated Detection and Response

AI-powered detections and automated triage help the US-based manufacturing company's SOC team maintain security operations even during resource shortages. Out-of-the-box detection content is updated continuously to help the team stay ahead of emerging threats.

04

Extra Layer of Protection with Rapid Response

Hunters' Team Axon provide an extra layer of protection—fine-tuning detections, reducing false positives, and enabling on-demand threat investigations. This helps the US-based manufacturing team's SOC improve efficiency and reduce the noise.