SOKA-BAU Enhances Security for Web Applications and Database with SecureSphere
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Database Security
- Networks & Connectivity - Gateways
Applicable Industries
- Education
- National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Construction Management
- Tamper Detection
About The Customer
SOKA-BAU is a company headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany. It provides benefits, compensation, and pension insurance services for 70,000 German construction companies. Over 650,000 construction workers combined use SOKA-BAU services for their wages, pension plans, financing their continuing education, as well as vacation tracking and scheduling. The company has a total of 1,300 employees, with 173 of them working in the IT department. The company was looking for a solution to provide self-service web applications to their customers and covered employees, which required a robust and secure system to protect sensitive data.
The Challenge
SOKA-BAU, a German company providing benefits, compensation, and pension insurance services for 70,000 construction companies, faced a significant challenge in their digital transformation journey. They aimed to provide self-service web applications to their customers and covered employees, which meant exposing their applications to the Internet. However, before they could enable online self-service, they needed to ensure that the sensitive compensation and financial information in their backend databases was completely secure from unauthorized access. The security solution also had to stand up to the scale and availability rigors required from an application with over 650,000 end users. Adding to the challenge was the heterogeneous environment, including database and application server products from several leading vendors, running both custom and packaged applications.
The Solution
After thorough testing, SOKA-BAU chose Imperva’s SecureSphere Web Application Firewall and Database Security Gateway products. SecureSphere was the only solution that could not only provide the deep monitoring and security functionality, but also surpassed all other competitors in the performance and scale requirements necessary for such an environment. With SecureSphere’s trouble-free installation and minimal on-going maintenance, SOKA-BAU was able to deploy the most sophisticated security solution without the high costs associated with other offerings. SecureSphere enabled SOKA-BAU to prevent hundreds of attacks per day, while simultaneously providing a high-performance, reliable solution that scales to their needs.
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