Hutton Communications faced security challenges with limited resources as a growing small business. They lacked visibility into network and firewall logs to identify threats in real-time. Clear implemented their Dynamic Log Analysis solution to provide enterprise-level security monitoring and alerting. This enhanced Hutton's IT productivity by closing vulnerabilities and enabling real-time response to exploits, freeing up resources to focus on other initiatives. Dynamic Log Analysis gave Hutton cost-effective security benefits of a larger solution.

1. Case Story
Dynamic Log Analysis
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“Dynamic Log AnalysisTM enabled us to cost-effectively
realize large enterprise security benefits.”
-- Shane, CIO, Hutton Communications The Customer:
Hutton Communications
Founded in 1969 in Dallas, Texas, Hutton Communications, Inc. is a distributor of The Environment:
commercial wireless communications infrastructure with 12 offices throughout the • 40 - NT Servers
United States and Canada. Their value-added services are relied upon by Fortune • 2 - RS6000 AIX Servers
100 Telecommunication companies that include cellular and radio communications
dealers, wireless communications carriers, and self-maintained end users of The Challenge:
communications systems. • Limited IT resources
• Internal and external
security vulnerabilities
The Challenge • Lacked real-time
As a small-to-medium sized business, Hutton Communication’s information notification of exploits
technology group is perpetually stretched for dollars, time, and resources. “We are
in a highly competitive business amongst a small group of strong companies”. said The Solution:
Jerry McDonald, Manger of Technical Services and eBusiness, “If our systems were • Enhanced IT productivity
compromised due to a security breach, we would lose the confidence of our • Closed security
customers which would have a devastating impact on our business. We have vulnerabilities
limited budgets and even less time to really get a true grip on our server and • Enabled real-time
network vulnerabilities. We’ve recently brought on new customers and are in the response to exploitations
process of opening new offices…it seems like security is becoming more complex
day by day.”
Tom Novak, their LAN Administrator stated “Security has been at the top of our list
for a long time, however because I am a jack-of-all-trades, I don’t have the time
to sift through network and firewall logs, nor do I have the security expertise to
identify threats in time to do anything about it. One virus could cause our business
to halt for up to seven days, which would have a devastating impact on our
business.”
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The Solution
Clear’s security team performed a penetration test to identify gaps in Hutton’s
security posture and provided recommendations on how to fill those gaps. “Clear’s
security assessment helped us realize how susceptible we were to a major security
breach.” said Shane Hofer, CIO, “I knew we needed to improve our security
strategy moving forward.” Clear’s Dynamic Log Analysis™ solution gave Hutton the For more information
security monitoring and alerting capabilities of an enterprise level solution at a small www.ClearTechnologies.net
fraction of the cost. “I saw immediate value in the insight Dynamic Log AnalysisTM or call 972.906.7500
provides.” said Hofer, “My team’s productivity has increased exponentially. This
frees them up to focus on other initiatives within our department, and frees me from
adding headcount.”
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About Us
Since 1993, our customers have relied on us to meet their hardware needs. Today, our
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customers look to us to increase their organizational effectiveness by providing continuity,
infrastructure, security, and virtualization solutions.
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