Case Studies

• Case Study 1: Endpoint Security – Financial SaaS 
• Case Study 2: HIPAA Assessment – Healthcare SaaS
• Case Study 3: RedTeaming Services – Healthcare SaaS

Overview

Cloud-based investment management software and analytics platform firm that breaks information boundaries, uniting front, middle and back office in one system. The customer creates enterprise-wide cultures of data-driven intelligence, boosting agility, powering growth and rationalizing resources.

Mission:

The customer’s vision is to break technology barriers and remove information boundaries for the global investment management sector. It aims to redefine what best practice looks like, building agile cultures united by dynamic, data-driven insight.

Challenge: 

With its workforce scattered between working from home to the headquarters office, the customer had limited visibility into its endpoints, adversaries could use it as an entry point to break into corporate networks.  In addition, traditional signatures and recurring scans were impacting end-user productivity.  With the mixed virtual and physical environment traditional solution was meeting internal requirements.  The customer turned to AbiraSec to help transform its endpoint protection.  

AbiraSec Approach:

 AbiraSec Endpoint Team:

• Ran a comprehensive internal assessment of the endpoint protection 
• Identified and developed new use cases 
• Conducted Endpoint Market Research 
• Carried out proof of value 

Deliverable:

Actionable report with the plan that allowed the customer to assess and make a right decision on the next generation endpoint security  

Key challenges – performance impact, low security efficacy 

Key business benefits – 23% cost reduction, substantial productivity increase  

Solution

Sentinel One Endpoint Protection 

AbiraSec Endpoint Services 

Results:  

• The customer was able to transform its workforce protection 
• Increased productivity 
• Cost Reduction 
• Decreased overhead 

Customer Quote: 

“The partnership with AbriSec allowed us to make the most optimal decision, achieve internal project requirements and protect our business from the most sophisticated adversaries.  The chosen solution gave us that needed protection and confidence that we will be more prepared against ever changing cyber threats”.  

Looking Ahead: 

For the customer, commitment to excellence in partnerships, excellence in product development and excellence in performance is the highest priority.  The customer constantly monitors risk landscape and continues to evolve with new threat actors and tactics.  Partnering with AbiraSec to proactively understand and anticipate new threats is critical to the company’s success. 

About AbiraSec:

AbiraSec is a market leading provider of comprehensive cyber security solutions. AbiraSec was founded to address current market challenges and secure organizations of all sizes across industries and locations. AbiraSec combines its portfolio of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, security analytics, human capabilities and real-world proven expertise in cyber security strategy to help clients achieve their business outcomes and gain a competitive advantage in their markets. 

What makes us unique is our organizational scale and structure, technological and human expertise and unparalleled 24/7 customer support delivered through the most cost-efficient model in the market.

Overview 

Professional services organization primarily operating in the life sciences and transportation sectors, with emerging business in the finance and retail sectors. The customer specializes in data analytics and employs big data techniques to analyze client contracts and identify non-labor cost savings. 

Mission:

The customer’s primary product offering(s) are cost saving recommendations produced by analyzing large data sets against norms or like companies and identifying deltas. A majority of the customer’s revenue comes from f​lat fee, percentage, incentive based, contracts. Mostly of these contracts are reoccurring. 

They humanize data by translating numbers into actionable insights, helping their clients make better decisions and working by their side to foster change with confidence, empathy and purpose.” 

Challenge: 

By working with hundreds of companies and organizations across various industries the customer’s priority was its customers ‘data.  As a part of its commitment the customer performs annual HIPAA and security GAP analysis assessment to ensure the highest protection.  Previous assessment providers would leave the customer’s team with complex not prioritized reports and high internal overhead.  The customer was looking for a trusted partner that not only can identify and outline the gaps but also assist with the roadmap to address constantly changing security threats.  

AbiraSec Approach:

AbiraSec Advisory Group:

• Conducted comprehensive HIPAA workshop
• Assessed business technology, processes, personnel and overall program maturity 
• Created an actionable report with prioritized steps to close existing gaps and enhance current certain policies and processes
• Proposed prioritized remediation plan involving other AbiraSec service groups 

 

Deliverable:

Actionable report with the plan that allowed the customer to meet compliance requirements and enhance their data protection 

Prioritized plan to assist with remediation 

Key challenges – Previous HIPAA Complex Report Outcomes    

Key business benefits – 17% cost reduction, actionable report and detailed future roadmap   

 

Solution:

AbiraSec Advisory Services 

 

Results:    

• HIPAA Compliance 
• Cost Reduction 
• Decreased burden on internal personnel 

 

Customer Quote: 

“Abrisec not only helped us to stay compliant with HIPAA, but also decreased operational overhead by providing the straightforward actionable plan.  We also were able to decrease our cost from previous providers and received more for our buck”!  

 

Looking Ahead: 

For the customer, its commitment to increase client profitability while improving the capabilities of its clients’ people. The customer believes that any organization can succeed by enriching and empowering its people.  X constantly monitors risk landscape and continues to evolve with new threat actors and tactics.  Partnering with AbiraSec to proactively understand any security gaps and close them to meet ever changing new standards is critical to the company’s success. 

 

About AbiraSec:

AbiraSec is a market leading provider of comprehensive cyber security solutions.  AbiraSec was founded to address current market challenges and secure organizations of all sizes across industries and locations.  AbiraSec combines its portfolio of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, security analytics, human capabilities and real-world proven expertise in cyber security strategy to help clients achieve their business outcomes and gain a competitive advantage in their markets. 

What makes us unique is our organizational scale and structure, technological and human expertise and unparalleled 24/7 customer support delivered through the most cost-efficient model in the market.

Overview 

Leading cloud-based SaaS financial planning, analytics and performance platform company in healthcare with over 20 years in the market and thousands of customers.  The customer is passionate about helping bend the cost curve and making healthcare more affordable.

Mission:

The customer is committed to conducting business securely and making a positive impact in the healthcare industry. 

For over 20 years the customer has been 100% focused on building and delivering its solution for healthcare organizations.  It is not distracted by other products or markets – the customer has one product and they built 100% of it.

Challenge: 

With thousands of healthcare organizations relying on the customer’s main SaaS platform for their needs, the customer wanted to make sure that its platform is secure, and customers can continue trusting the customer with their most critical data.  The customer needed a deep versatile testing to make sure it uncovers any security gaps that need to be remediated.  It also required actionable prioritized results with the comprehensive plan of remediation.

AbiraSec Approach:

Our team 

• Identified security issues resulting from insecure development practices in the design, coding and publishing of software or a website.
• Tested user authentication to verify that accounts cannot compromise data. Assessing the web applications for flaws and vulnerabilities, such as XSS (cross-site scripting).
• Safeguarded web server security and database server security.
• Identified and assess all Internet-facing assets a malicious adversary could use as potential entry points.
• Established whether an unauthorized user with the same level of access as approved customers or suppliers can gain access to tested systems.

Deliverable:

Actionable report with the plan presented in a format that allows an organization to assess their relative business risk and the cost of remediation.  

Key challenges –continuously changing risk landscape, primary adversary target 

Key business benefits – new customer acquisition time shortened by 20%, 30% cost reduction, 23% new threats discovered and remediated 

Solution:

AbiraSec Penetration Testing Services 

AbiraSec Threat Intelligence Services 

Results: 

The customer was able to further:

• Harden the platform
• Gain more knowledge about new threats that can potentially impact the platform 
• Get better ROI 

Customer Quote: 

“The threat landscape is changing, with more sophisticated adversaries and more prolific attack cycles.  Our partnership with AbiraSec helps us to stay up to date and protect from the most advanced attacks and techniques of the most advanced adversaries in the world.

Looking Ahead: 

For the customer, improving and maintaining a global healthcare leading platform is a continuous project with no end date.  The customer continuously monitors risk landscape and continues to evolve with new threat actors and tactics. Partnering with AbiraSec to proactively understand and anticipate new threats is critical to the company’s success. 

About AbiraSec: 

AbiraSec is a market leading provider of comprehensive cyber security solutions.  AbiraSec was founded to address current market challenges and secure organizations of all sizes across industries and locations.  AbiraSec combines its portfolio of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, security analytics, human capabilities and real-world proven expertise in cyber security strategy to help clients achieve their business outcomes and gain a competitive advantage in their markets. 

What makes us unique is our organizational scale and structure, technological and human expertise and unparalleled 24/7 customer support delivered through the most cost-efficient model in the market.