By Published On: March 11th, 2021Categories: Case Studies, Resources

Background

This case study of a federal government is based on a December 2020 survey of PKWARE customers by TechValidate, a third-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The cybersecurity needs that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:

  • Automation
  • Unauthorized file sharing or theft
  • Viruses / spyware

The compliance measures that most influenced their decision to use PKWARE solutions:

  • GDPR
  • PCI / DSS
  • CCPA / CPRA
  • TISAX

With PKWARE’s data security technology, I have confidence that we are meeting our data compliance goals.
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Company Profile
Company

Federal Government

Size

Federal

Industry

Government

Our Approach

This company saved 75 – 90% of time by moving from manually applied protection to PKWARE’s automated discovery and protection solution.

Use Cases

The following data types are protected with PKWARE:

  • Personal data (SSNs, race, religion, minors, etc.)
  • Confidential files
  • Legal documents (patents, trademarks, etc.)

Data uncovered by PKWARE’s data discovery is protected with:

  • Access control
  • Encrypting
  • Redacting

PKWARE functionality for data security is used with these additional use cases:

  • Secure email with partners and customers
  • DLP enhancement
  • Data redaction

Results

The company experienced these immediate benefits following the deployment of PKWARE:

  • Located and classified sensitive data
  • Met audit and compliance requirements
  • Improved the efficiency of a business process
  • Improved protection of critical information
  • Satisfied customer and/or board mandates
  • Increased their data security by 75 – 90% since implementing PKWARE technology
  • Saved 75 – 90% of time by moving from manually applied protection to PKWARE’s automated discovery and protection solution

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About the Author: PKWARE

PKWARE is committed to creating a world where seamless, transparent, and comprehensive data security is the norm, automatically protecting sensitive data at all times without sacrificing productivity, regardless of how or where data is stored and used. That means with PKWARE, your data is continuously protected and your organization stays out of the news cycles and off the front pages. It means that you’ll know what data is important, where it is, and how it’s protected. At all times.