Case Study: liveForensics

Challenge

An outside vendor gains access to confidential information during the development process, including customers’ names, financial information and social security numbers. The institution needs a way to track this information to ensure that the data is not compromised and that the customers’ information is not at risk.

viaForensics’ Approach

• Consult with organization to determine what is critical data and where it is stored
• Select the system of interest
• Set-up a baseline by monitoring that system over a period of time
• Activate liveForensics monitoring
• Securely store forensic state of entire system including live memory and user activity
• Provide client reporting tools for monitoring to call attention to potential risks

Results

viaForensics was able to help this financial institution track and control its data while working with the third-party vendor. By using liveForensics, the institution as able to see each time the data was accessed, where it was used, who used it, and if it was copied to any other location. The client felt fully satisfied that they were protecting their data and that they had the tools they needed to detect and react quickly to a potential data breach.