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CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Investment Bank and Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Managing third-party / remote access
- Flagging and reviewing high-risk activity
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Analytics (Palo Alto Networks, FireEye)
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- Discovery (ForeScout, BMC)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Telecommunications and Industrial Group

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise telecommunications services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We decided that account/password management was critical before learning about CyberArk. It is a good practice to manage them and to make sure confidentiality, integrity, availability is ensured. Reliable solution – Good strategy (consistency) – Good customer service (disponibility, liability, attentive.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced dramatically.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Investment Bank and Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 Investment Bank and Financial Services Company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“CyberArk has provided a way to look forward and deep-dive in privileged identity problem!”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- Protecting assets running in the cloud
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure third-party access
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Managing third-party / remote access
- Securing workstations by removing local privileges
- Flagging and reviewing high-risk activity
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Analytics (Palo Alto Networks, FireEye)
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Discovery (ForeScout, BMC)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced a lot.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Hydro-Québec

Introduction

This case study of hydro.qc.ca is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“We often have external consultants who come here to deliver a project, and they know certain passwords which should be changed once the project is delivered. CyberArk’s CPM (Credential Protection Manager) does just what the doctor ordered. We also have started using PSM (Privileged Session Manager) to reduce the risk of users knowing the Admin Passwords in order to troubleshoot server issues.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Banking Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Multinational Professional Services Network

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise construction company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

CyberArk is a great security tool.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Protecting assets running in the cloud
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Secure third-party access
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Managing third-party / remote access
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: United States International Airport

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise transportation services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Enhanced security with extreme security.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced dramatically.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Technology Conglomerate

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 computer services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Experiencing success with our CyberArk Implementation.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Need more professional services time
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure third-party access
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Securing secrets used by DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced dramatically.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced dramatically.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Small Business Insurance Company

Introduction

This case study of a small business insurance company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Stability, functionality, ease-of-use of products, customer engagement, support, and responsiveness.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Balancing security with productivity
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Secure privileges on endpoints

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Database or application admin accounts
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced dramatically.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Federal Government

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Secure third-party access
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed organization uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Managing third-party / remote access
- Flagging and reviewing high-risk activity
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Discovery (ForeScout, BMC)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: PwC

Introduction

This case study of PwC is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Most attacks currently try and use ‘pass the hash’. We are working to stop this attack vector using CyberArk.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- Protecting assets running in the cloud
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Managing third-party/remote access
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Analytics (Palo Alto Networks, FireEye)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global Automotive and Machine Manufacturing Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise automotive & transport company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Their EPM solution fits several needs for our company and seems to be a quality product. It [CyberArk] provides a much better overall security posture for our company.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Secure privileges on endpoints

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Securing workstations by removing local privileges
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Insurance Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise insurance company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Easy to use, well supported, all around good product/company.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Secure third-party access

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Securing secrets used by DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools
- Managing third-party / remote access
- Securing workstations by removing local privileges
- Flagging and reviewing high-risk activity
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced dramatically.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced dramatically.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global Banking Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced a lot.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Federal Government Agency

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- Protecting assets running in the cloud
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure third-party access

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed organization uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Federal Government Agency

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged acess security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Secure infrastructure and assets in the cloud

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed organization uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Database or application admin accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Automotive & Transport Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise automotive & transport company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Experienced a breach
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Secure privileges on endpoints

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Securing secrets used by DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools
- Managing third-party / remote access
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Analytics (Palo Alto Networks, FireEye)
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise industrial manufacturing company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“CyberArk succeeds by applying solutions to avoid the most common cyber attacks and unwanted or even malicious insiders to break through our infrastructure.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure third-party access
- Secure privileges on endpoints

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Application credentials
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Fortune 500 Hospitality Company

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 hospitality company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Great Security Product. A must requirement for corp security.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies
- Secure third-party access
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Securing workstations by removing local privileges
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Database or application admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced dramatically.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced dramatically.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise financial services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“CyberArk is the best tool out there to protect privileged accounts.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Database or application admin accounts
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Insurance Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 insurance company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“I have learned a lot from the EPV, and the support I get from the various CyberArk modules.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Detecting and responding to attempts to circumvent privileged access controls
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Analytics (Palo Alto Networks, FireEye)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense Company

Introduction

This case study of a Fortune 500 aerospace & defense company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Rotating credentials based on policies
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced a lot.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Retail Banking Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Securing credentials used by applications
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Special Chemicals Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise chemicals company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Remove hard-coded credentials from applications and scripts, including applications built using DevOps methodologies

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Bank Holding Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“The admin accounts are the access portals to the crown jewels. Protecting them is my top priority.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
- Failed an audit
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Flagging and reviewing high-risk activity
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- Service accounts
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now significantly more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced a lot.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Professional Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It is important for us to maintain a certain level of assurance that if credentials are stolen, we are rotating passwords frequently enough that the attacker has much less of a “window of opportunity” to perform malicious activities."

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Application credentials
- Service accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- DevOps (Docker, Chef, Puppet)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced a lot.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Large Enterprise Bank Holding Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“I have worked with Cyberark solutions for several years and have seen proven results.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Simplify audit and compliance requirements
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Securing and rotating shared service accounts
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- Local admin accounts on workstations
- Application credentials
- Secrets used by DevOps tools
- Service accounts
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced a lot.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced dramatically.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Major Railroad Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise transportation services company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Enforce strong passwords, store them in an encrypted vault, and rotate them
- Secure third-party access

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Managing third-party / remote access
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Database or application admin accounts
- Application credentials
- SSH keys
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now much more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has reduced.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: Global 500 Retail Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 retail company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Balancing security with productivity
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has stayed the same.

CyberArk Case Study

Case Study: S&P 500 Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a S&P 500 banking company is based on an April 2018 survey of CyberArk customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select CyberArk:

Resolved the following challenges after using CyberArk:
- Rampant password reuse across multiple accounts
- IT admins having more privileges than they truly need
- Unmanaged or unaudited third-party / remote vendor access
- Too many endpoints with local administrator privileges
- Securing credentials used by applications
Adopted CyberArk’s privileged access security because of the following compelling business drivers:
- Initiated a proactive security project
- Wanted to be better prepared for an audit
- Were driven by a board-level or executive mandate
Selected a solution for privileged access security to:
- Limit the exposure of privileged credentials
- Secure privileges on endpoints
- Secure privileged accounts and credentials for non-IT users (Finance, HR, Marketing)

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of CyberArk that the surveyed company uses:

Uses CyberArk for the following:
- Securing privileged credentials in a vault
- Rotating credentials based on policies
- Monitoring and recording privileged sessions
- Securing credentials used by applications
- Managing third-party / remote access
Managing the following types of privileged accounts, credentials, and secrets with CyberArk in the next 12 to 18 months:
- Domain admin accounts
- Microsoft Windows admin accounts
- NIX admin accounts (UNIX and Linux)
- Network device accounts
- Database or application admin accounts
- Cloud admin consoles for IaaS or PaaS (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
- SaaS accounts (Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, Box, Concur)
- SSH keys
- Robotic process automations
Plans to integrate the following tools with CyberArk within the next 18 months:
- Authentication (DUO or OKTA, RSA)
- The cloud (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
- Identity and access (Sailpoint, RSA)
- Orchestration and threat response (ServiceNow, ProofPoint)
- Robotic process automation (BluePrism, UI path)
- SIEM (Splunk, Fortinet, LogRhythm)
- Vulnerability management (Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CyberArk:

Reports that since adopting CyberArk to manage their privileged accounts and credentials, they are now more secure.
Reports that since adopting CyberArk to secure their privileged accounts and credentials, the time and cost of audit reporting has stayed the same.
Reports that with CyberArk, the time required to manage and maintain privileged account and credential security has reduced.

TechValidate Research on CyberArk Products

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Case Study: Global 500 Investment Bank and Financial Services Company

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Case Study: Global 500 Telecommunications and Industrial Group

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Case Study: Global 500 Investment Bank and Financial Services Company

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Case Study: Hydro-Québec

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Case Study: Medium Enterprise Banking Company

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Case Study: Multinational Professional Services Network

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Case Study: United States International Airport

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Case Study: Global 500 Technology Conglomerate

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Case Study: Small Business Insurance Company

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Case Study: Federal Government

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Case Study: PwC

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Case Study: Global Automotive and Machine Manufacturing Company