Most companies struggled to meet the deadline for General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that went into effect in May 2018. In fact, up to 80% of companies still don’t meet GDPR standards.
Recently, a SaaS company approached Logicworks with the challenge of assessing and remediating their IT infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for GDPR compliance. Logicworks conducted a Well-Architected Review and a full GDPR Compliance Assessment and then rebuilt their AWS environment to GDPR and general security best practice standards.
Challenges
- Urgent need to meet GDPR compliance before launching their product
- Company could not afford to proceed with further development until GDPR compliance was achieved, holding up product launch
- SaaS product contained the data of millions of European citizens
- Lack of expertise on what GDPR compliance meant on AWS
Solutions
- Assessment of the company’s AWS environment against the AWS Well-Architected Framework, including specialized tooling to scan the environment for open and critical security threats and tag them for remediation
- GDPR compliance assessment
- Provided a full-time engineer to work with the SaaS company over a two week period
- Conducted extensive training with the company to ensure that operational best practices, such as incident response and DR planning
Results
Logicworks successfully completed all critical remediation items. As a result, the company met current baseline GDPR and Well-Architected standards. The direct impact and outcome for the company was significant. The company is now in position for extensive growth and higher revenue generation with enterprise accounts by meeting GDPR standards. They also mitigated the risk of incurring penalties and fines by addressing the flagged security components. By utilizing the tools of AWS and working with a trusted partner, the company is now positioned for a successful product launch.
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