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CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Global IT Service Provider Wins

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SUCCESS STORYGlobal IT Service Provider Wins with Imperva Camouflage

Challenge• Restrict access to sensitive

data managed• Improve protection of related

client information • Comply with consultant security

policies in training, development, and testing environments

Imperva SolutionIncorporate Imperva Camouflage data masking best practice into the software development process. Mask copy of production data for non-production environment purposes, protecting both personally identifiable information and providing a rich source of test cases for test and development.

Result• Enable our client to win contract with

financial institution customer through elevated security credentials

• Successfully integrate Imperva Camouflage data masking across its myriad of sensitive databases

• Maintain referential integrity and consistent data relationships

Leveraging Imperva Camouflage to Land as IT Services Contract with a Major Financial Institution

The client, a leading global IT services provider, offers a wide range of information technology and business professional services that span industries worldwide. The services provider leveraged Imperva Camouflage to increase its own security credentials in order to be a contender in a lucrative contract with a major North American financial institution. The partnership with Imperva enabled this services provider to successfully win the contract, resulting in Imperva Camouflage technology being successfully deployed on a wide range of sensitive databases across the organization.

Challenge

In the current, tumultuous era that is defined by news headlines depicting breaches of sensitive data in sectors like healthcare, education, and finance, the need to be proactive in preventing this financial institution to be the next in the headlines was critical. The challenge for Imperva via the partnership with its client was to restrict access to sensitive data managed and improve protection of related client information. The client also had to enable compliance with consultant security policies in training, development and testing environments, and establish greater controls for alternative development opportunities like offshore initiatives. In addition, the financial and banking institution was in need of a solution that Imperva Camouflage is built for- to achieve secure, realistic data reproduction and integrated masking across multiple database types and applications.

The Client

The client is a leader in process and information technology outsourcing and their client base represents a wide range of public and private organizations that span industries worldwide. With more than $20 billion in annual revenue, this client has built a strong reputation on innovative and quality professional services.

The opportunity to provide data masking professional services to a major financial and banking institution emerged, and the services provider looked to Imperva for a solution to enhance their data security offering and credentials.

They required an integrated data masking solution that could be easily integrated across multiple database types and applications. A secure environment with streamlined consulting services was critical for success to secure the contract, along with the ability to facilitate compliance with security and privacy legislation in training, development and testing environments, and enhancing security controls for offshore initiatives.

Solution

The services provider proactively sought out a variety of data masking vendors for the banking and financial institution when their need was realized, and they offered to lead the evaluation process for them. After evaluating 3 leading data masking firms, they deemed Imperva Camouflage the best option for their client. In doing so, the services provider was able to enhance their existing relationship with the financial and banking institution through their proactive approach, demonstrating their additional value-add.

SUCCESS STORY

product, across all databases within the organization.

First Steps

concept was conducted on a DB2 mainframe with enthusiastic reviews from the service provider’s evaluation team, comprised mostly with technical resources. The service

particular its ease-of-use, intuitive nature, and its ability to create realistic, usable data. It was ensured that development productivity would be maintained.

De-identifying information in database copies has enforced access restrictions to sensitive client information.

Result

millions of rows of data. Referential integrity was maintained across multiple database types, data relationships are consistent across platforms and over time. Realistic copies, accurately portraying the live database, have allowed training, development, testing and off-shoring services to move forward for the end client.

not only enabled our client to successfully bid and win a substantial professional services contract, but also further prevented the end client from a potentially harming data security breach from one of their myriad of information-sensitive databases.

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client to:• Restrict access to sensitive

information, ensuring private client information was limited only to those who ‘need to know’.

• Implement stronger data security measures and have facilitated compliance in training, development and testing environments.

• Enable alternative development opportunities, including offshore initiatives with enhanced security and privacy controls.

• streamlined and accurate data for training, development, and testing.

• Achieve integrated data masking across multiple databases and applications.

• Improve relationship between our client and the banking and

approach in selecting a data masking vendor. Additional value-add was demonstrated, and it strengthened its data management capabilities.

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