Federal Government

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. Anonymous

Our Approach

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

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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