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Columbia Bank Achieves Compliance by Gaining Visibility into Active Directory Changes
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Database Security
Applicable Industries
- Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Logistics & Transportation
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- Cybersecurity
- Fleet Management
- Predictive Maintenance
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- System Integration
- Testing & Certification
The Challenge
Columbia Bank, a rapidly growing Pacific Northwest Community Bank, was facing challenges in managing and tracking changes to Active Directory to ensure compliance. As the bank grew organically and through acquisition, so did its infrastructure. With an increased number of administrators and users, privileged access quickly became complicated and difficult to govern. Any changes made to one area had a ripple effect, making it increasingly difficult for IT leadership to ensure compliance as IT scaled to adapt to the organization’s growth. The Microsoft tools they used for auditing did not provide enough visibility into changes or the source, making it difficult for the IT department to pinpoint and resolve issues. Furthermore, a lack of clear reporting showing the “who, what, where, when and why” of changes posed a risk to compliance.
About The Customer
Columbia Bank is a rapidly growing Pacific Northwest Community Bank headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. Columbia Bank was recently ranked as the #1 bank based in Washington State and #17 in the United States by Forbes magazine. With $8.5 billion in assets and more than 150 locations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Bank prides itself on remaining focused on communities through its growth and expansion. That growth strategy is vital to Columbia Bank’s mission to serve its customers and remain their preferred option for all of their financial needs. In order to support that growth, the Bank’s IT organization has taken a proactive approach toward infrastructure security, focusing on compliance and high availability of systems, data, and applications for its end users.
The Solution
After evaluating solutions from Microsoft and Varonis, Columbia Bank chose BeyondTrust PowerBroker Auditor for Active Directory, PowerBroker Auditor for SQL, and PowerBroker Recovery for Active Directory to address their privileged account management and auditing and recovery needs. With PowerBroker Auditor, Columbia Bank’s IT team now has complete visibility into what changes are made at a granular level, as well as the ability to rollback any changes that were made in error. The solution provides the IT team with the ability to track changes to values, provides reporting that is clear and easy to read, and has the ability to initiate rollbacks for changes made in error.
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