Leading Financial Institution Enhances Data Protection with Entrust nShield HSMs
Read how a leading financial institution enhanced data protection for privileged accounts and sensitive information by implementing Entrust nShield HSM as-a-service. Achieving FIPS 140-2 Level 3 compliance, the solution ensured robust encryption, high availability, and seamless integration with their PAM solution, setting a benchmark for secure and compliant data protection in the financial sector.
Customer Profile
As one of the oldest and most respected financial institutions in America, this customer has always prioritized the protection of sensitive data. With a workforce of 20,000 employees, the institution operates in a highly regulated environment, requiring adherence to various compliance doctrines to safeguard privileged accounts, policies, and credentials. The protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for both customers and employees is a cornerstone of their operations.
Business Challenge
The institution recognized the need for a Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution to further enhance their data protection capabilities. As a longtime user of Entrust nShield HSMs, the customer sought Entrust expertise to integrate a PAM solution with nShield HSMs that would protect their privileged accounts and sensitive information.
Solution
To address these challenges, the institution implemented The Entrust HSM as-a-service solution, Entrust’s cloud-based hardware security module solution. Unlike other cloud-based HSM services, the nShield solution offers a dedicated capability, giving customers the confidence that their key material doesn't run the risk of being inadvertently exposed or shared with other clients. This allowed the institution to maintain a strong focus on customer service and offer high availability from data centers in Dallas and Denver. The system, connected via IP, seamlessly integrated with the customer's PAM solution, ensuring robust protection of credentials and privileged accounts.
Key aspects of the implementation included:
- Seamless Integration: The financial institution’s PAM solution seamlessly integrated nShield as a Service and existing infrastructure, ensuring robust security.
- High Availability: High availability and FIPS 140-2 Level 3 hardware security modules provisioned as a service provided reliable and secure operations.
- Cost-Effective Solution: Leveraging existing hardware security modules and adding subscription-based access to HSMs in the cloud optimized the institution's investment.
Results
Results The adoption of Entrust nShield as a Service integrated with the PAM solution delivered significant benefits for the financial institution:
- Enhanced Data Protection: The institution achieved enhanced protection of privileged accounts and sensitive information.
- Operational Efficiency: The PAM solution seamlessly integrated with nShield as a Service and existing infrastructure, ensuring robust security.
- High Availability: High availability and FIPS 140-2 Level 3 hardware protection provided reliable and secure operations.
- Cost Optimization: Leveraging existing hardware and adding licensing optimized the institution's investment. The Leading Financial Institution’s collaboration with Entrust has set a benchmark for secure and compliant data protection in the financial sector. By integrating nShield as a Service with the PAM solution, the institution has strengthened its security posture while optimizing costs.
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