CASE STUDY
Global IT and Services Firm
Remediates Open Source
Security Risks
How a Leading Provider of Consumer
Transaction Technologies Enabled Open
Source Software Security and Compliance
Management for Customers
HIGHLIGHTS
- A top provider of
consumer transaction
technologies decided to
shift from manual open
source tracking to
automated open source
management.
- Manual tracking was
costly and inefficient,
leaving them open to
security risks and license
compliance issues.
- WhiteSource plugins
were easily deployed into
the build and CI tools to
monitor and report on
open source components
in real time.
- The R&D teams receive
real time data regarding
security vulnerabilities,
compliance risks and
recommended
remediation.
- Fixes and updates to
open source components
and product libraries are
implemented at the early
stages of the
development lifecycle.
The Challenge
A global leader in consumer transaction technologies with over
30,000 employees based in multiple regions and customers
located in nearly 200 countries, had always monitored its open
source components and usage manually.
In recent years, vulnerable open source components have
become a top threat, and known security vulnerabilities are still
the leading cause of exposure to data breaches and cyber
threats.
The organization had come to understand that the manual
tracking system they had in place was extremely costly both in
time and human resources, as well as being faulty and leaving
the company and its customers open to multiple risks.
