Background:
This case study of Great Eastern Assurance is based on a December 2020 survey of PKWARE customers by TechValidate, a third-party research service.
Challenges:
The cybersecurity needs that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:
- Automation
- Data tracking (discovery/classification)
- Unauthorized files sharing or theft
- Custom data masking
The compliance measures that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:
- GDPR
Use Cases:
Great Eastern Assurance uses PKWARE to protect the following data types:
- Personal data (SSNs, race, religion, minors, etc.)
- Confidential files
They protect the data uncovered by PKWARE’s data discovery using:
- Masking (redaction, de-identification, etc.)
They use PKWARE functionality for data security with these additional use cases:
- DLP enhancement
- Moving data to the cloud
- Data protection (masking or encryption)
- Reporting on file contents and activity
- Data classification
Results:
The immediate benefits they experienced following the deployment of PKWARE:
- Located and classified sensitive data
- Met audit and compliance requirements
- Improved the efficiency of a business process
- Improved protection of PI/PII
- Satisfied customer and/or board mandates
- Increased their data security 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