Denison University Partners with OculusIT for 24×7 Security Operations Center

SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, February 24, 2022 — Denison University has partnered with OculusIT, higher education’s leading managed IT and cloud services company, for 24×7 Security Operations Center Services to bolster its cybersecurity practices. With more than 15 years of higher education IT experience, OculusIT has helped higher education institutions with an evolved SIEM, threat detection, and response solutions with real-time data enrichment, multifaceted analytics, complete incident management, and flexible deployment options.

Through this partnership, Denison University will leverage OculusIT EYE™, the 24×7 Security Operations Center for systems and devices threat mitigation, and virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) – an expert, independent executive who will deal with security objectives and ensure all the information assets receive the utmost protection.

The OculusIT EYE solution will provide unmatched threat detection capabilities and a definitive response against cyberattacks, including incident monitoring, analysis, routing, handling, and reporting via security event monitoring, phone, email, ITSM ticketing, and account management support.

“As the pandemic has drastically transformed higher education’s security infrastructures and network operations, institutions must take proactive cybersecurity measures to avoid critical vulnerabilities,” said Jim Tandon, VP of Client Engagements at OculusIT. “Our team is looking forward to supporting Denison University and helping them strengthen their security posture with a 24×7 SOCaaS and virtual Chief Information Security Officer services, providing holistic data security control.”

Denison University is a private liberal arts college located in Granville, Ohio. Founded in 1831, the institution is one of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory. Denison University’s mission is to inspire and educate students to become autonomous thinkers, discerning moral agents, and active citizens of a democratic society. Denison University currently has more than two thousand undergraduate students and a nine to one student and faculty ratio, allowing close supervision of independent research and collaborative work in small groups and classes. For more information about Denison University, please visit www.denison.edu.

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