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Apple FCU & Cavirin

Company Size

200-1,000

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Cavirin Platform

Tech Stack

AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
VMware
KVM
Docker

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Customer Satisfaction
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Public Cloud

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Predictive Maintenance

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services
Data Science Services

About The Customer

Apple Federal Credit Union (Apple FCU) is a large financial institution with over 20 branches across Northern Virginia. They provide their customers with access to more than 53,000 ATMs nationwide. Being a financial institution, they are subject to various regulations such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and National Credit Union Association (NCUA) regulations. These regulations require them to maintain a high level of security and to regularly assess and remediate potential security vulnerabilities. They are also subject to annual audits by the NCUA, which require them to document and prove compliance with internal security policies and show ongoing assessments of internal and external security vulnerabilities.

The Challenge

Apple Federal Credit Union (Apple FCU) is a large financial institution with over 20 branches across Northern Virginia and access to more than 53,000 ATMs nationwide. They are subject to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and National Credit Union Association (NCUA) regulations, which require them to assess and remediate potential security vulnerabilities quickly. Additionally, they are subject to annual audits by the NCUA, in which they must document and prove compliance with internal security policies and show ongoing assessments of internal and external security vulnerabilities. The challenge for Apple FCU was to provide more visibility into the security of their on-premise production environment and to streamline the audit process.

The Solution

Apple FCU began deploying the Cavirin platform at the beginning of 2017 to provide more visibility into the security of their on-premise production environment. The Cavirin platform includes security benchmarks such as the PCI policy pack to ensure best practices are implemented across the organization. It also provides inventory and asset grouping, giving the security team a central view of all their equipment, which helps put their current security posture into context. For the annual NCUA audits, the inventory and configuration analysis generated by the Cavirin platform helps streamline the audit process. Looking forward, Apple FCU plans to use the Cavirin platform to predict the impact of configuration changes before they are implemented, and to migrate the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) survey into a more interactive format that offers more current guidance than a snapshot every year.

Operational Impact

Improved visibility into the security of their on-premise production environment.
Streamlined audit process with the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).
Ability to assess and remediate potential security vulnerabilities quickly.
Implementation of best practices across the organization.

Quantitative Benefit