Federal Government
Background
This case study of a federal government is based on a December 2020 survey of PKWARE customers by TechValidate, a third-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.
Challenges
The cybersecurity needs that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:
- Automation
- Unauthorized file sharing or theft
- Viruses / spyware
The compliance measures that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:
- GDPR
- PCI / DSS
- CCPA / CPRA
- TISAX
With PKWARE’s data security technology, I have confidence that we are meeting our data compliance goals.
Anonymous
Use Cases
The following data types are protected with PKWARE:
- Personal data (SSNs, race, religion, minors, etc.)
- Confidential files
- Legal documents (patents, trademarks, etc.)
Data uncovered by PKWARE’s data discovery is protected with:
- Access control
- Encrypting
- Redacting
PKWARE functionality for data security is used with these additional use cases:
- Secure email with partners and customers
- DLP enhancement
- Data redaction
Results
The company experienced these immediate benefits 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 critical information
- Satisfied customer and/or board mandates
- Increased their data security by 75 – 90% since implementing PKWARE technology
- Saved 75 – 90% of time by moving from manually applied protection to PKWARE’s automated discovery and protection solution
