Sure Splunk loves to tell you how great our products are and how we can positively change your your day to day operations. However it's always better to hear from your peers. Here are a few quotes from people working in higher education about Splunk. Also included are links to more detailed presentations on how they use Splunk.

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Higher Education
Testimonials
Last updated 07/12/2016

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Arizona State University
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Link to PPT on how ASU uses Splunk:
http://www.slideshare.net/ckurtz-asu/using-splunk-to-protect-students-faculty-and-the-university
This is the best tool we’ve seen in 10 years.
- Jay Steed, VP IT Ops
Arizona State University
Topics covered in this presentation:
• Protecting Direct deposits
• Reduce phishing success
• Enriching your data to make
better decisions:
Is jeff.smith@x.edu the
student, alumnus or tenured
prof with a DOD research
grant?

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Baylor University
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Link to PPT on how Baylor University uses Splunk
http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/splunklive-austin-customer-presentation-baylor
Jon Allen, AVP & CISO
Baylor University
“With Splunk, there’s no finger pointing because
we have a place where everybody knows to go
for information and it’s been a huge value. It’s
becoming a kind of universal expectation within
the organization.”
Topics covered in this presentation:
• Why they chose Splunk
• Use cases
• Security
• PCI
• Visibility/Search/Analytics
• Operational Efficiency
• Dashboards
• Who uses Splunk
• What’s next

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University of Maryland, College Park
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Link to PPT on how University of Maryland, College Park uses Splunk
http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/splunklive-customer-presentation-umcp
“If Splunk were taken away from me, I
would quite my job. It has solved a ton of
problems and made my life easier. ”
- Kevin Shivers, Mgr Security Tech Services
University of Maryland, College Park
Topics covered in this presentation:
• What was life like before & after
Splunk
• Real-time Campus threat
detection/prevention
• Use Cases
• Intrusion Detection
• Security Alerts & Threat
Response
• Real-life Incident Investigations
• Compliance & Reporting
• Splunk road map
• Best practices and lessons learned

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University of Alberta
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Link to PPT on how University of Alberta uses Splunk
http://www.slideshare.net/dostatni/splunk-live-university-of-alberta-2015
- Greg Dostatni, Team Lead
University of Alberta
“Splunk allows us to erase these lines and
analyst can see all the data from anywhere
and investigate a problem from end to end”
Topics covered in this presentation:
• History of Splunk at the University
• Example Use cases:
• Infrastructure Applications
• Mail & Authentication
• Network and Security
• Switches and IPS
• Application Hosting
• Apps & databases
• Deployment takeaways
• Aha Moments!

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Weill Cornell Medical College
Link to PPT on how Weill Cornell Medical College uses Splunk
http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/sl-nycornelmedv3
- Tom McMahon, Security Engineering Manager

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Additional University Splunk Presentations
University of Alabama at Birmingham – George Strarcher, InfoSec Engineer II
– http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/splunklive-customer-presentation-university-of-alabama-at-birmingham
Duke University – Jeremy Hopkins, Sr. IT Analyst
– http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/duke-sl-charlotte040215
The Ohio State University – Bill Triest, Security Engineer
– http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/splunk-for-security-at-the-ohio-state-university
Northern Arizona University – Conner Swann, Student Worker IT Services
– http://www.slideshare.net/ConnerSwann/youve-got-junk-in-your-splunk
University of Scranton - Calvin Krzywiec, Network Engineer
– http://www.slideshare.net/Splunk/splunklive-philadelphia-university-of-scranton
University of Adelaide, Harvard, Ohio State University
– https://conf.splunk.com/session/2013/Using_UniversityOfAdelaide-Harvard-OSU-
Internet2_SplunkInHigherEducationLessonsFromPeersOnAdoptionUseCasesAndScale.pdf
Indiana University – Allen Tucker, Manager, HELPnet Central Systems
– https://conf.splunk.com/session/2015/conf2015_ATucker_IndianaUniversity_ITOPS_SplunkingDistribut
edLogsFor.pdf

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University Splunk Videos & Case studies
Videos
– Laguna College of Art and Design
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hegkGPO6c
– Value of Higher Educations and Splunk – UNLV and ASU
 http://www.splunk.com/en_us/resources/video.lsdGVpbzph4iVvFKve_aPGujHolY0Ibs.html
Case Studies:
– Duke University Gains Powerful Security Insights and Fraud Protection
 http://www.splunk.com/en_us/customers/success-stories/duke-university.html
– University of Texas at Austin Ensures Network Security For Distributed Campus
 http://www.splunk.com/en_us/customers/success-stories/university-of-texas-at-austin.html
– University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gains Deep Insight Into Mission-Critical
Applications
 http://www.splunk.com/en_us/customers/success-stories/unc-ch.html :
Solution Guide:
– Why Splunk for Higher Education
– http://www.splunk.com/pdfs/solution-guides/splunk-for-higher-education.pdf

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My Favorite Testimonial
- Mark Runals,
Sr. Security Engineer
The Ohio State University
This picture came from one our best higher education
customers. He sent it out to the Higher Education list
serve he manages (500+ people from more than 150
different schools to discuss Splunk use in Higher
Education.)
If you’re in EDU and interested in Splunk you should join
it to see what your peers are saying.
Join this list here:
https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/splunk-
higher-ed