
Case Study / Media Giant
Hearst
Media Giant Hearst Enhances Security and Operationalizes Access Monitoring in Oracle ERP Cloud
The Challenge
“It is very apparent that the application was written by auditors for auditors. Audits are much faster and cleaner. I gave them access to the reports they needed, which helped them get their testing done much more efficiently compared to the past. So, this was one area where there was big ROI right off the bat.”
Ivan Ng, Application Security Audit Manager, Hearst
The solution
ability to perform access monitoring, which was important with all the applications and platforms in use at Hearst. “It is very apparent that the application was written by auditors for auditors,” said Ivan.
With Fastpath in place, the company launched an automated mass review of 4,000 user role assignments. With that step completed, the team set about refining user roles. Ivan recommends using custom roles, to get exactly what your organization needs and reduce the risk of SoD or other issues that can occur with roles that come out of the box with most ERP packages.
The results
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