Data Analytics Software Firm
Project Management
In the fast-paced world of real-time machine data analytics, staying ahead of compliance and security is paramount. Dive into how a leading analytics firm tackled their pressing FedRAMP compliance challenges with precision and speed, turning potential setbacks into a showcase of their commitment to excellence.
Client Profile
Industry Segment: Real-time machine data analytics
Founded: 2010
Employees: 1000
Headquarters: San Francisco Bay Area
Market Presence: Global
Specialties: Log Management, Cloud-Native Analytics, Security Analytics
The Challenge
Meeting Tight Compliance Deadlines
The client was at the tail end of an ongoing audit to meet regulatory compliance requirements outlined by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. With only two weeks remaining to achieve the compliance deadline outlined by the auditors, the client’s technical operational team identified a gap in their ability to meet requirements specifically related to secure user authentication. With the potential of a significant loss in revenue by not meeting requirements, in addition to having to start the audit process all over, consuming time and money, the Client engaged Blue Tree to help them overcome their lack of experience and expertise in this area, as well as to help them achieve their very aggressive timeline objectives.
The Solution
Rapid Technical Implementation
Blue Tree’s Project Management practice provided immediate technical subject matter expertise and project management to the corporate I.T. team to help with troubleshooting, designing, configuring, and implementing a new Active Directory environment, to meet secure user authentication requirements driven by the organization’s mission to become FedRAMP certified. Within 24 hours Blue Tree experts were engaged and collaborating with the client, focused on discovery, planning, designing, implementing, configuring, and testing activities for the following:
Active Directory
Azure Cloud
SAML and SSO
Test Users and Attributes
Test Plans
Security Policies
Licensing and Procurement
Success Criteria
Corporate Communications Plan
The Results
Efficient Compliance Achievement
Coordinated and delivered technical engineering work to meet requirements
Kept all personnel for both organizations on track and focused
Met highly aggressive 2-week timeline to achieve tested and proven success
Mitigated risk of potential revenue loss and operational cost
Acted as liaison with Microsoft to ensure timely response for support and licensing
Provided oversight of all strategic and tactical task execution
Coordinated all business and technical information gathering
Documented all discovery and configurations of current and future state
Documented all implementation activities to ensure the success of repeatable processes
Provided education to the Client’s engineering team to ensure successful internal management
Supported the successful testing planning and execution to support auditory requirements