Background:
This case study of a Global 500 financial services company is based on a December 2020 survey of PKWARE customers by TechValidate, a third-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.
Challenges:
The cybersecurity needs that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:
- Automation
Use Cases:
The organization is protecting the following data types with PKWARE:
- Personal data (SSNs, race, religion, minors, etc.)
- Confidential files
They protect the data uncovered by PKWARE discovery using:
- Access control
- Encrypting
The business uses PKWARE functionality for data security with these additional use cases:
- Reporting on file contents and activity
- Most used for compressing files with PKZIP (command line version)
Results:
Immediate benefits they experienced following the deployment of PKWARE included:
- Improved the efficiency of a business process
- Improved protection of critical information
- Data security increased by 25-50% since implementing PKWARE technology
- Saved up to 25% of time by moving from manually applied protection to PKWARE’s automated discovery and protection solution