The article discusses the challenges faced by organizations in the face of increasing cyber threats. These include the difficulty in assessing and documenting cyber risk, the rapid pace of technology which increases dependency on third parties, and the inability of IT to trace or control data exfiltration. The role of government and information custody is often misunderstood, and findings in audit reports can become barriers to business. In today’s cloud economy, customer due diligence has become a mandate. The article also highlights the importance of complying with the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls (CIS CSC v6.0), which are updated by cyber experts based on actual attack data from various public and private threat sources.

The organization, a financial data aggregation and analytics provider, was in need of a robust cybersecurity solution to protect its hybrid environment, which includes AWS, Docker, and on-premise implementations. Being part of the fintech ecosystem, the company is bound to the same high security standards as its clients, which include top financial institutions in the United States. The company wanted to ensure that its environment was continually protected, with not only visibility but also remediation guidelines to adhere to its strict company safeguards. Maintaining its 'golden posture' amongst its various operating systems leveraging packaged and custom scripts with one central view was key to this company choosing Cavirin.

Delta Dental is a dental insurance organization that needs to ensure its computing platforms are secure and comply with strict security & compliance practices. They are bound to ensure the safety of client data and need to be sure they are compliant with HIPAA, NIST & CIS Standards. With the growing need for compute capability and the development of advanced customer-centric applications, Delta Dental has adopted a hybrid cloud approach, adding AWS services to enable rapid application development and bolster their traditional data centers capability. Rapid development and the ability to deliver new services come with the risk of increasing the attack surface of these systems. To ensure ongoing compliance in both the AWS and data center environments, Delta Dental needed a solution that could give them real-time visibility, enable on-demand compliance status reports, and provide the tools for rapid remediation.

Apple Federal Credit Union (Apple FCU) is a large financial institution with over 20 branches across Northern Virginia and access to more than 53,000 ATMs nationwide. They are subject to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and National Credit Union Association (NCUA) regulations, which require them to assess and remediate potential security vulnerabilities quickly. Additionally, they are subject to annual audits by the NCUA, in which they must document and prove compliance with internal security policies and show ongoing assessments of internal and external security vulnerabilities. The challenge for Apple FCU was to provide more visibility into the security of their on-premise production environment and to streamline the audit process.

The company, a national, diversified, non-profit healthcare partner, was looking to automate processes to lower infrastructure and manual labor costs. It decided to move some operations to the cloud (Azure), while still sustaining an on-premise base. However, maintaining visibility and automating compliance within this hybrid infrastructure was a major concern for the security/IT teams. The company required visibility across both its Windows and Linux assets with the ability to automate DISA STIGS, SOC2, and HIPAA compliance assessments for its cloud and on-premise. After looking at “cloud security” solutions, they found that they failed to integrate into the organization’s business-critical applications, meet required compliance regulations, and address network complexities.

Pacific Dental Service (PDS) is a leading dental support organization that provides supported autonomy to over 630 dental practices. The company's Private Practice+® model enables dentists to focus on clinical excellence and the highest levels of cost-effective comprehensive patient care. As a support services provider in the healthcare space, PDS is subject to HIPAA and other regulations. PDS’ IT team has upwards of 3,500 servers and 13,500 endpoints under their control, spanning traditional data centers, AWS, and including national and regional support centers and dental offices. Over time, the company expects to migrate additional applications to AWS. With a network of supported dental practices, the overall environment is very dynamic and the ability to maintain compliance across this diverse environment is critical. Beyond HIPAA, the ability to map the NIST CSF into HITRUST is central to PDS’ hybrid cloud security posture.

The company was moving a host of its on-premise processes to AWS and Azure to keep up with massive computing demands and gain a competitive edge. Automation and compliance across the hybrid environment were key requirements as the company struggled with multiple manual security tools for monitoring and compliance. The overall environment is dynamic, with a network of thousands of workloads, and the ability to obtain and maintain compliance across this diverse environment is critical.

Cepheid, a molecular diagnostics company, was seeking a multi-layer security solution, with a focus on 'OS hardening' or 'OS security'. They wanted to secure the OS itself, separate from and complementary to traditional vulnerability scanning. They also wanted a solution that could quickly bring a server back to a known security baseline if a potential risk was identified. The speed of remediation was to be based on the risk and the asset type, as well as industry recommendations.

Gainsight, a leading Customer Success Company, was facing a couple of challenges. Firstly, they needed network visibility of all assets running in their Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account. Without this visibility, they were operating at a disadvantage, unable to manage and remediate risks effectively. Secondly, they needed to identify how the company measured up to compliance frameworks and industry guidelines. The team needed a solution that could automate their audit compliance without having to worry about manually keeping up with the constantly changing compliance regulations.

The company, a large global data center and colocation provider, was facing challenges with compliance, visibility, and OS hardening across its diverse hybrid environment. The IT team manages upwards of 15,000 servers and 13,500 endpoints spanning traditional data centers, Azure, and AWS environments. The company was concerned about the lack of visibility into cloud endpoints and feared an inaccurate view presented by disjointed security tools across its hybrid infrastructure attack surface. The company also needed to map and automate ISO and NIST CSF frameworks to each asset, supporting its FEDRAMP-approved system.