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CrowdStrike > Case Studies > Mercury Financial Builds a Security Ecosystem Around CrowdStrike

Mercury Financial Builds a Security Ecosystem Around CrowdStrike

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Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
  • America
Country
  • United States
Product
  • CrowdStrike Falcon® Insight
  • CrowdStrike Falcon® Identity Threat Detection
  • CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security
  • CrowdStrike Falcon Horizon®
  • CrowdStrike Falcon® Complete
Tech Stack
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Cost Savings
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management
  • Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Applicable Industries
  • Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions
  • Business Operation
Use Cases
  • Cybersecurity
  • Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
  • Remote Asset Management
Services
  • Cybersecurity Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
Mercury Financial is a credit card and consumer lending company based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2013, the fintech company has embraced cloud computing to deliver a premium user experience to its one million customers and counting. As a cloud-native company, Mercury Financial requires complete protection of its infrastructure and customer data. The company has partnered with several legacy security vendors over the years, but the performance was lacking. As Mercury Financial expanded into new markets and added new customers, it needed a modern solution that could support the scalability of a cloud-native environment and seamlessly protect cloud resources such as dynamic container environments. Mercury Financial also wanted to consolidate its security stack with a single platform to protect endpoints, cloud, and workloads.
The Challenge
Mercury Financial, a Texas-based credit card and consumer lending company, faced significant challenges in protecting the financial information of its one million customers. The company needed to mitigate threats to its business and brand reputation while consolidating disparate security tools into a single platform. As a cloud-native environment, Mercury Financial required complete protection of its infrastructure and customer data. The company had partnered with several legacy security vendors over the years, but the performance was lacking. As Mercury Financial expanded into new markets and added new customers, it needed a modern solution that could support the scalability of a cloud-native environment and seamlessly protect cloud resources such as dynamic container environments. Additionally, Mercury Financial wanted to consolidate its security stack with a single platform to protect endpoints, cloud, and workloads.
The Solution
Mercury Financial chose the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform after testing several solutions. The platform provides a single interface to protect the company's entire IT infrastructure, including AWS and Azure cloud environments. The company uses CrowdStrike Falcon® Insight endpoint detection and response, and CrowdStrike Falcon® Identity Threat Detection as a first line of defense. These tools provide automated threat detection and real-time visibility into front-line threats. CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security with Containers allows Mercury Financial to understand its current threat status for cloud workloads and respond to incidents and risks faster. CrowdStrike Falcon Horizon® cloud security posture management (CSPM) scans the company’s cloud infrastructure to detect and remediate misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Mercury Financial also uses CrowdStrike to support its “shift left” strategy to introduce security early in application development, including container scanning and Kubernetes protection. Software developers use Falcon Cloud Security reports to resolve security issues before releasing to production, helping developers accelerate time-to-market of new apps, products, and services.
Operational Impact
  • Mercury Financial has reduced endpoint agent management issues by 8x and eliminated false positives.
  • The company now handles around 12 endpoint workloads a month instead of 100, providing faster threat detection and remediation.
  • CrowdStrike has helped Mercury Financial build a culture of security, providing better security and compliance reporting for stakeholders.
  • The company has achieved security consistency across the organization.
  • CrowdStrike supports Mercury Financial's 'shift left' strategy, helping developers accelerate time-to-market of new apps, products, and services.
Quantitative Benefit
  • 89% faster threat detection and remediation
  • 8x performance increase managing security incidents
  • 1,050 endpoints deployed
  • 550 AWS virtual machines deployed

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