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Swifter, More Effective Audits With Security Architecture
Medical organization gains a security overview, conducts audits, and manages risk with security architecture
- Established comprehensive internal security audits while experiencing M&A growth
- Clear overview to manage risks while identifying and prioritizing mitigation strategies
- Documented compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) policies
800
Employees
$26M
Revenue
Challenge
Have a Security Architecture Overview
- Increased technical debt due to significant M&A growth and struggling with legacy systems
- Needed to manage their security risk and mature their cybersecurity practice
- Wanted to confidently perform internal audits, identify risk areas, and prioritize remediation
- As part of NIST compliance, they needed to implement cybersecurity framework architecture
Approach
Prepare for the Security Audit
- Leveraged Ardoq's Application Portfolio Management (APM) best practice to quickly document servers and applications, create a data dictionary, map processes, and built a single source of truth to document company architectures
- Implemented the policies and controls for the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) relying heavily on Ardoq's Analytics to help them understand security gaps and risks
Benefits
Implement Effective Security Management
- Documented and matched their architecture with their NIST policies within three months
- Can now perform thorough internal security audits which was not possible before
- Able to successfully identify and prioritize mitigation strategies because they can now manage their risks more effectively
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