Security: Financial Services
Challenges
Casting Light on Shadow IT
A large Financial Services client was interested in understanding how many of their IT applications were sanctioned and how many were considered "Shadow IT". In addition, they also wanted to know how much of the identified Shadow IT was anchored in the Cloud.
Solution
- Cloud
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- Uncovered over 700 Cloud applications being run in the Client environment over the two week assessment
- This included roughly 10 applications that were compromising financial data into a public Cloud application
- Rationalized through the list of Cloud application and provided the Client with direction on how to manage their unauthorized portfolio of Cloud applications
- This included sun-setting Cloud apps and standardizing on some of the Cloud applications
Client Outcome
The Client received immediate value by disengaging the use of Cloud applications identified as risky. The Client then worked with WorldLink to standardize on some of the Cloud solutions like ECM, storage, and P & Iaas usage. WorldLink implemented the Cloud usage discovery tool as a part of the security tool portfolio, providing a continuous Cloud monitoring capability.
Bottom Line
Recognizing the liability of unsanctioned applications in the enterprise environment allowed the Client to govern the use of and access to its sensitive data. WorldLink also then worked with the Client to standardize on some of the Cloud solutions like ECM, storage, and P & Iaas usage. WorldLink implemented the Cloud usage discovery tool as a part of the security tool portfolio, providing a continuous Cloud monitoring capability.