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North Ark

Case study

Audit findings and Essential Eight gaps closed across around 14,000 users and devices

Remediation and change control by North Ark's founder, David Goulding, for a multinational industrial machinery company.

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The client

The client is a multinational industrial machinery company, with around 14,000 users and devices in scope.

Why the work started

Audit findings and Essential Eight gaps had to be closed.

What was done

  1. Multi-factor authentication enforced for every user.
  2. Legacy authentication blocked.
  3. Compliant devices required for access to company data.
  4. Standing admin rights replaced with just-in-time activation.
  5. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel deployed.
  6. Every change made through change control.

Results

  • Audit findings closed.
  • Controls enforced for all users.
  • Security incidents reduced.
  • The audit passed.

Why it matters

At this scale, controls only hold if every change is planned, approved and reversible. Change control is what let the controls be enforced for everyone.

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