RKON

Private Equity Services

Genuine Parts Company

Filed Under:

INDUSTRY

Automotive/Industrial

LOCATION

Atlanta, Georgia

ANNUAL REVENUE

$23B

CHALLENGE

Genuine Parts Company (GPC), a leading distributor of automotive and industrial parts, was experiencing rapid growth in their cloud environment. As their cloud adoption increased, so did their security needs. Managing security across multiple cloud platforms and environments while maintaining security and compliance with industry regulations was a significant challenge.

GPC’s existing security posture wasn’t keeping pace with their evolving cloud infrastructure and regulatory requirements: unless they accelerated the program, manual security processes, which are time-consuming and error-prone, would leave them vulnerable. They needed greater visibility and expertise to identify and address security risks effectively.

Solution

GPC partnered with RKON to build a comprehensive cloud security strategy. Their team leveraged our deep cloud security expertise to:

  • Start with Hardened Infrastructure: RKON worked with the GPC teams to build new environments with properly hardened and configured services to ensure a strong security platform.
  • Automate Security Where Possible: We implemented automated security aspects, including configuration management tools, scanning, and infrastructure as code, freeing up GPC’s IT resources and improving security posture. 
  • Compliance Expertise and Support: Our team of compliance specialists provided turn key environments and ongoing guidance for PCI DSS compliance. We helped GPC streamline their processes and ensure adherence to best practices for essential infrastructure that process approximately $100 billion dollars in annual transactions.
  • Incident Response and Operational Support: RKON provides expert incident response services and ongoing operational support to GPC. Ensuring that resources are available with the expertise and experience needed to respond effectively to incidents and maintain a strong security posture.
  • Business Integration: An important part of security is being able to understand the business and integrate seamlessly. In order to lessen friction, RKON integrated with the business to truly understand end goals and enhance security while also enabling business priorities.

 

“Availability is really important because we move parts across the global ecosystem, and as a part of that success, RKON has gone above and beyond by helping us to understand what we don’t know”

David NagelVice President and Chief Information Security Officer | Genuine Parts Company

 

Result

  • Reduced Security Risks: The deep integration and automation of security reduced GPC’s risk of data breaches.
  • Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Automated tasks freed up resources within GPC to focus on important business activities.
  • Simplified Compliance: Our expert guidance and streamlined compliance processes ensured GPC can meet PCI DSS regulations more quickly with less work.
  • Peace of Mind: With a robust cloud security strategy in place, GPC can focus on their core business with confidence.

GPC’s successful cloud journey demonstrates the power of a multilayered and strategic approach to cloud security. In partnering with RKON, GPC has been able to build a more secure, compliant, and efficient cloud environment. This allows for a focus on business needs knowing that their systems are well-defended.