Established in 1934, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance offers home, auto, life, farm and crop, business, and renters insurance to residents of Indiana. The company aims to be an institution that its members can trust, and that mission extends to the cybersecurity team.

"We're in the trust business," explains Andrew Marsh, Director, Information Security at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. "For the cybersecurity program, that means reducing our attack surface, complicating unauthorized access, and detecting and responding to threats rapidly."

The Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance security team is passionate about innovation and continuous improvement. "We conduct purple team exercises where we simulate attack activity and measure our response. This gives us a lens towards understanding if our people, processes, and technology are working well together or not," says Marsh.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance’s security team is always looking to improve in the following areas:

When Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance first learned about agentic AI SOC technology, the team recognized an opportunity to use new innovations to improve SOC agility. After evaluating several options, including built-in SIEM features and other AI SOC vendors, the company selected Dropzone AI to speed up its threat detection and response times.

Dropzone AI supported Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance's existing tools and fit seamlessly into their alert investigation workflows.

Additionally, Dropzone AI's team worked closely with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance to extend the product to support some key integration requirements.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance validated the efficacy of its Dropzone AI deployment by measuring the time saved in alert investigation during purple team exercises.

Going forward, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance plans to set up automated response actions in Dropzone AI to further speed up MTTR.