Genuine Parts Company

Customer Story

Genuine Parts Company

Client:

Company Size:

$23B annual revenue

Industry:

Automotive & Industrial

Project Type

Cloud Security Strategy

The 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.

Our Solution

Comprehensive
Cloud Security Strategy

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.

The Outcome

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.

Unified Visibility

Centralized SIEM/SOAR visibility across multi-cloud and on-prem systems

Enhanced compliance

Simplified PCI and GDPR audit readiness with improved data custody

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