Chocolay Township adopts Log360 for advanced threat analytics to proactively detect and mitigate external threats

Challenges

• An unstructured approach to account security, making it difficult to monitor and protect user activity.
• Inability to safeguard internal accounts effectively.
• A pressing need for robust log management to address operational requirements.
• Difficulty in ensuring the compliance audits is critical for maintaining state certification.
• Overall gaps in IT infrastructure impacting security and operational efficiency.

Solution

Chocolay Township chose Log360 as the perfect fit to address its security, log management, and compliance needs. The decision was driven by the solution's robust capabilities in monitoring, threat detection, and compliance support.

Log360 automated the township’s log management and monitoring processes by providing real-time insights into account activity. It allowed the IT team to review events from the previous 24 hours, empowering them to make informed decisions to protect internal accounts and identify vulnerabilities. By streamlining these processes, Log360 became an indispensable tool in the township's IT ecosystem.

Highlights of Log360's impact:

• Enhanced threat detection: Log360’s reporting capabilities proved invaluable for identifying security threats. Specifically, the tool’s detailed reports on failed login attempts provided critical indicators of potential external attacks. For instance, it enabled the detection of continued unauthorized access attempts on dormant accounts, which were subsequently removed to mitigate security risks.
• Improved monitoring efficiency: The implementation of Log360 significantly reduced the time required to investigate and neutralize threats. Daily reports provided a comprehensive view of organizational activities, allowing the team to analyze and address potential issues promptly.

Log360 gives us the ability to see what happened over the previous 24 hours and provides the necessary data to protect our internal accounts while identifying vulnerabilities.

- Dale Throenle, Planning director, Chocolay Township

 
• Support for compliance: As a state-certified agency, maintaining compliance was a top priority for Chocolay Township. Log360 played a crucial role in meeting auditing requirements, ensuring the township retained its certification.
• Simplified log monitoring: The ability to track daily activities enhanced the township’s overall log monitoring capabilities. By keeping a consistent check on system activities, the team could stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities.

The particularly useful reporting [feature] is the one that shows failed login attempts, as it gives an indicator of outside attacks on our system.

- Dale Throenle, Planning director, Chocolay Township

 

Conclusion

By implementing Log360, Chocolay Township transformed its approach to security, log management, and compliance auditing. The solution provided much-needed visibility into user activity, enabling faster threat detection and response while ensuring compliance with state certification requirements. With automated reporting, real-time alerts, and centralized log monitoring, the organization significantly improved its mean time to detect and enhanced overall operational efficiency. As a result, Chocolay Township now has a more proactive and structured security framework, reinforcing its commitment to safeguarding internal accounts and maintaining compliance.

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About Log360

Log360 is a unified SIEM solution with integrated DLP and CASB capabilities that detects, prioritizes, investigates and responds to security threats. Vigil IQ, the solution's TDIR module, combines threat intelligence, an analytical Incident Workbench, ML-based anomaly detection, and rule-based attack detection techniques to detect sophisticated attacks, and it offers an incident management console for effectively remediating detected threats. Log360 provides holistic security visibility across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid networks with its intuitive and advanced security analytics and monitoring capabilities. For more information about Log360, visit manageengine.com/log-management/ and follow the LinkedIn page for regular updates.