Case Studies

Auto

Organizations are realizing to reduce the effort to achieve regulatory compliance, they need to automate as many of their controls as possible. A prime opportunity for automation is Segregation of Duties enforcement. Using FoxT Application Controls, this global automotive manufacturer achieved automated enforcement of Segregation of Duties, streamlined user provisioning and more efficient audits. The result: increased business efficiency and simplified preparation for regulatory compliance. Download Case Study (PDF)

Consumer Goods

Reebok is using FoxT Application Controls to fully automate the enforcement of SoD. They receive real-time results to SoD verifications enabling Security Administrators to focus on pressing security issues. The detailed Audit and SoD reports empower the Security Administrators to provide rapid responses to auditor requests. By leveraging the library of pre-built business rules, the implementation team was able to speed deployment and quickly configure the system to meet the organization's unique requirements. Download Case Study (PDF)

Defense

Vehicle registration data, DNA, social security numbers, criminal justice information, Schengen and other European Union or international police and judicial information services, countless registers, log files, and fingerprint databases - all are crucial pieces of data. FoxT Extended Smart Cards helped the Swedish National Police improve security, usability and efficiency across all databases. Download Case Study (PDF)

Energy

With FoxT Application Controls, it is now easier for Entergy to administer the users across their SAP systems, while improving the productivity of security administrators and business process owners. Business decision makers and auditors have the information and controls they need to monitor access. Controls are documented and exceptions are readily mitigated, improving security of data assets. The final bonus: audit surprises are all but eliminated, increasing shareholder confidence. Download Case Study (PDF)

Financial

Controlled Delegation of Privileged Accounts Ensuring security and privacy are central to the continued success for one of the largest bank holding company in the United States. With over 13 million individuals and business customers trusting this full-service banking, brokerage, and investment company understands the importance of protecting customer information. The bank made BoKS Access Control for Servers the corporate standard on all Unix and Linux machines in the entire company. Download Case Study (PDF)

Food Production

After the completion of the six week upgrade and improvement project using FoxT Application Controls, this company now has the user and security aspects of its system simplified, consistent, controlled and auditable. Using FoxT, it is now easier to administer the users in all of the SAP systems, freeing security administrators to focus on more pressing security challenges. Also, business decision makers now receive user access change and risk assessment reports daily via email, improving their visibility into potential security issues and speeding mitigation. Download Case Study (PDF)

Food and Beverage

BoKS Access Control for Desktops allows the global food and beverage company to trust the Internet as a viable alternative to direct long-distance data calls without the need for expensive token devices. The result is significant cost savings on long-distance calls. In addition, using BoKS Access Control for Desktops has set up a framework for single sign-on projects, and has also given the company an information structure for trusting digital certificates that can be used in future PKI-based projects. Download Case Study (PDF)

Government Agency

BoKS Access Control for Desktops provides easy-to-use identity and access management including centralized system administration and security policy management for administrators and security and usability enhancements for users, such as single sign-on to workstations and file encryption services. The government agency has already begun implementing the next step to further enhance its identity and access infrastructure using FoxT functionality for "Extended" Smart Cards. Download Case Study (PDF)

Hospital

BoKS solutions reduce the cost of administration at Danderyd Hospital by providing logical groups of host machines and users with similar security requirements. Administrators no longer have to set up individual user access controls - this can be done as a single action for all users with similar needs. Similarly, users can be granted access to all the hosts necessary for them to be effective in their jobs in the hospital - in one operation. This aids Danderyd in implementing and enforcing their security strategy. Download Case Study (PDF)

Pharmaceutical

Key compliance functions provided by BoKS Access Control for Servers offers substantial benefits when it comes to centralized, efficient management of the pharmaceutical company's sizeable Unix domain. User provisioning, automated password management, and highly granular SSH support optimize use of administration resources and secure the firm's mission-critical assets. Features such as synchronization with LDAP have enabled the firm to integrate BoKS Access Control for Servers in its IT infrastructure, providing a stable control platform. Download Case Study (PDF)

Telecommunications

The telecoms provider featured is the largest mobile telecoms provider in its domestic market, with several million customers. The company is distributed geographically, with twelve sites in its home country, including headquarters and a major datacenter. While the original goal of the company was to protect its SAP applications with certificate-based security, it is now finding an added value in the fact that the BoKS Access Control for Applications solution can be extended to other key applications, and is using tools such as access routes and user classes to achieve more efficient and effective management of application security. Download Case Study (PDF)