Riverside Medical Center Deploys LogRhythm for Centralized, Proactive Security and Systems Management

Suburban Chicago Hospital System Relies On Pattern Recognition Technology to Detect Security Threats, Operational Problems, and Meet Regulatory Compliance Requirements

March 29, 2011.  BOULDER, Colo. –  LogRhythm, the company that makes log data useful, today announced that Riverside Medical Center has implemented its award-winning integrated SIEM/Log Management system to proactively monitor activity across a distributed IT infrastructure that spans several locations to detect security threats, operational failures, and comply with regulatory mandates. LogRhythm’s advanced pattern recognition and correlation capabilities enable Riverside Medical to detect problems that would otherwise remain undetected.

Founded in 1964, Riverside Medical Center operates several medical campuses and nine community health centers in the south suburban counties of Chicago. Earlier this year, Riverside Medical Center was a recipient of the 2010 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for the 5th year in a row (2006-2010) and ranked among the top 5% in the nation for patient safety. Riverside also partners with RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago.

“LogRhythm was the only solution that provided in-depth pattern recognition and correlation across all logs on our network and integrated with our existing infrastructure, including our networked storage,” said Sumit Sehgal, Information Security Manager, Riverside Healthcare. “By combining SIEM and log management capabilities in one platform, LogRhythm gives us an easy-to-use, proactive tool for monitoring, detecting, and addressing security and network problems. Plus, we no longer have to go through 10 systems for security audit and compliance reporting.”

Centralized Security Monitoring and Management
Riverside Medical is using LogRhythm to monitor nearly 250 Windows and Linux servers, as well as network and security devices, including routers and firewalls. Some of the key drivers behind Riverside Medical’s decision to select LogRhythm were:

• The integration of log management and SIEM (security information event management) in one platform
• LogRhythm’s unique pattern recognition and correlation capabilities
• Pre-integration with the McAfee security platform  (ePolicy Orchestrator)
• Ability to support Riverside’s existing networked storage arrays
• Pre-configured monitoring, alerting, and reporting packages for HIPAA, HITECH Act, PCI-DSS, and FTC Red Flag Rules compliance mandates

"Riverside Medical Center was struggling with issues we typically see in growing regional hospital systems – a tight-staffed IT department under pressure to keep its network secure and available, and meet increasingly stringent regulatory compliance requirements,” said Preston Lawhorne, vice president of sales for LogRhythm. “With LogRhythm, Riverside Medical gains centralized, uncluttered visibility across its distributed IT environment and can zero in on critical security and network issues that need immediate attention. We sparked Riverside’s interest with our ability to integrate where others couldn’t, but we won their business based on our pattern recognition, advanced correlation technology and ease of use.”

About LogRhythm

LogRhythm, the leader in log management and SIEM 2.0, delivers log and security event management, file integrity monitoring, and network and user monitoring in a single integrated solution. LogRhythm empowers organizations to comply with regulations, secure their networks, and optimize IT operations. The company received the coveted “Recommended” 5-star designation from SC Labs for SIEM and has received SC Magazine’s Innovator of the Year Award, Readers Trust Award for “Best SIEM” solution and the “Best Buy” designation for Digital Forensics. It is a winner of the 2010 Red Herring 100 Award and was placed by Gartner Inc. in the visionaries quadrant of the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Magic Quadrant report for 2010. LogRhythm is privately held and based in Boulder, Colorado with European Headquarters in Maidenhead, England, and Asia Pacific operations in Hong Kong.