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Centrify's Continuous Compliance and Security Best Practices on AWS with Check Point CloudGuard

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries	Glass National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Cybersecurity Inventory Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Centrify, a leading cybersecurity company, faced several challenges when moving its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The first challenge was cloud inventory management. With new application deployments, various security groups, IAM roles, policies, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets were created. Due to the dynamic nature of SaaS environments, the Centrify IT team had to spend significant time to stay updated with their environment and assets. The second challenge was cloud compliance. Centrify needed to ensure continuous compliance with various frameworks in their rapidly scalable AWS environment. Misconfigurations or policy changes could immediately make them non-compliant. They needed automation capabilities built into their existing workflow process. The third challenge was network visibility. Centrify required a solution that could provide a detailed view of the security infrastructure and help identify misconfigurations. They needed a tool to synthesize and visualize information from multiple accounts and regions from a single pane of glass. Read More
About Customer	Centrify is a leading cybersecurity company that serves more than 5,000 organizations globally. Its security platform converges Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) into a single solution. As organizations move to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Centrify validates access to resources, ensures that the devices being used are trusted endpoints, and helps to establish role-based access. Recently, Centrify decided to move all its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to AWS and became an AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced Technology Partner. Read More
Solution	Centrify chose Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management to address their challenges. CloudGuard Posture Management improved inventory management and situational awareness, providing a single pane of glass to manage coverage for all of Centrify's dynamic cloud assets. It allowed Centrify to filter and get immediate information for any instance or object in their environment. The Compliance Engine from CloudGuard Posture Management continuously monitored Centrify's cloud infrastructure and helped detect policy violations. When a policy violation occurred, CloudGuard Posture Management would immediately push a notification that could trigger an automatic response. The integration of CloudGuard Posture Management with Centrify's existing systems was quick and seamless. After only a few days, all their SaaS applications were on-boarded to the CloudGuard Posture Management platform. The REST API and single sign-on nature of CloudGuard Posture Management simplified the process, making it easy for Centrify to establish the right level of permissions to their systems. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Applicable Industries

Glass

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Inventory Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Centrify, a leading cybersecurity company, faced several challenges when moving its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The first challenge was cloud inventory management. With new application deployments, various security groups, IAM roles, policies, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets were created. Due to the dynamic nature of SaaS environments, the Centrify IT team had to spend significant time to stay updated with their environment and assets. The second challenge was cloud compliance. Centrify needed to ensure continuous compliance with various frameworks in their rapidly scalable AWS environment. Misconfigurations or policy changes could immediately make them non-compliant. They needed automation capabilities built into their existing workflow process. The third challenge was network visibility. Centrify required a solution that could provide a detailed view of the security infrastructure and help identify misconfigurations. They needed a tool to synthesize and visualize information from multiple accounts and regions from a single pane of glass.

About Customer

Centrify is a leading cybersecurity company that serves more than 5,000 organizations globally. Its security platform converges Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) into a single solution. As organizations move to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Centrify validates access to resources, ensures that the devices being used are trusted endpoints, and helps to establish role-based access. Recently, Centrify decided to move all its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to AWS and became an AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced Technology Partner.

Solution

Centrify chose Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management to address their challenges. CloudGuard Posture Management improved inventory management and situational awareness, providing a single pane of glass to manage coverage for all of Centrify's dynamic cloud assets. It allowed Centrify to filter and get immediate information for any instance or object in their environment. The Compliance Engine from CloudGuard Posture Management continuously monitored Centrify's cloud infrastructure and helped detect policy violations. When a policy violation occurred, CloudGuard Posture Management would immediately push a notification that could trigger an automatic response. The integration of CloudGuard Posture Management with Centrify's existing systems was quick and seamless. After only a few days, all their SaaS applications were on-boarded to the CloudGuard Posture Management platform. The REST API and single sign-on nature of CloudGuard Posture Management simplified the process, making it easy for Centrify to establish the right level of permissions to their systems.

Impact #1	The implementation of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management resulted in several operational benefits for Centrify. It provided automated responses to events, simplifying workflow and remediation. It allowed configuration of account access without requiring explicit keys and offered flexibility in the level of permissions granted to CloudGuard Posture Management. Centrify gained a centralized view of their security and compliance posture and granular control over security groups and compliance policies. The built-in security and compliance bundles could be customized, providing a faster time to value. The integration with existing single sign-on tools was seamless. Overall, CloudGuard Posture Management enhanced visibility across Centrify's security and compliance posture, enabling continuous checks against business and regulatory requirements, with automated alerts on any changes. It could also automatically remediate misconfigurations to limit security exposures and maintain compliance.

Impact #1

The implementation of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management resulted in several operational benefits for Centrify. It provided automated responses to events, simplifying workflow and remediation. It allowed configuration of account access without requiring explicit keys and offered flexibility in the level of permissions granted to CloudGuard Posture Management. Centrify gained a centralized view of their security and compliance posture and granular control over security groups and compliance policies. The built-in security and compliance bundles could be customized, providing a faster time to value. The integration with existing single sign-on tools was seamless. Overall, CloudGuard Posture Management enhanced visibility across Centrify's security and compliance posture, enabling continuous checks against business and regulatory requirements, with automated alerts on any changes. It could also automatically remediate misconfigurations to limit security exposures and maintain compliance.

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Centrify's Continuous Compliance and Security Best Practices on AWS with Check Point CloudGuard

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