Chinese Hack Demonstrates the Importance of Asset Management within IT/GRC
Old routers never die. They just get hacked by the Chinese. U.S. officials recently revealed a concerning cyber operation reportedly involving Chinese actors, targeting outdated home and office Wi-Fi routers in the United States. This operation aimed to exploit vulnerabilities in these devices to potentially disrupt critical infrastructure like electrical and water supplies. Most of […]
How Infinitive Assisted a Fortune 100 FSI Strengthen its Control Environment and Avoid Costly Penalties
Challenge A Fortune 100 FSI faced intense regulatory scrutiny during their migration to the Cloud. The client engaged Infinitive to perform a comprehensive gap assessment of its critical technology processes, identify and remediate weaknesses in its control environment, and work with cross-functional teams across the enterprise to develop implementation plans with feasible timelines. Solution […]
Cloud Data & Risk Controls
Challenge A Fortune 100 FSI needed to understand and control data management risks as it transitioned from running daily batch jobs to streaming data in near real time. The client required Infinitive’s help to implement a new data governance strategy to ensure data integrity and validity. Solution Over 12-weeks, Infinitive engaged with cross-functional teams of […]
Harnessing Data to Improve Mission Impact
Challenge Common App, a leading nonprofit serving higher education, needed a data warehouse and analytic capabilities to bolster mission impact, support industry research and internal business operations. Our client was looking for a cost-effective, extensible and scalable solution that could grow with the business. Specifically, the organization needed to address: The lack of software, infrastructure, […]
Cloud Governance Next-Gen Capabilities
Challenge A top 10 bank needed assistance in redesigning process improvements in cloud governance and managing their Cloud Control Exceptions (CCE) Process to: Drive efficiency and improve cloud compliance and insight Ensure a more secure and robust cloud governance process Enhance cloud controls and risk statements Solution Infinitive wrote and registered Cloud Controls leveraging the […]
Implementing a Third-Party Enrollment System with AWS
Challenge An educational program provider needed assistance managing the implementation of a third-party online enrollment system (OES) to: Salvage the relationship with the client’s software vendor Establish clarity in requirements and a revised plan to implement the vendor solution Drive mutual understanding of project issues and a path to resolution so future deadlines were not […]
Serverless Data Analytics 101
https://vimeo.com/554781271 Businesses collect and store more data than ever. This increased volume of data makes serverless analytics applications more appealing. Serverless analytics platforms are scalable, cheaper, and allow great flexibility for ingesting new datasets. What is data analytics? Data analytics helps companies increase efficiency and improve performance by letting them discover patterns in data. It […]
Utilizing AWS to Build a Data Warehouse and Analytics Capabilities
Challenge A leading nonprofit serving higher education needed a data warehouse and analytic capabilities to support industry research and internal business operations. Our client was looking for a cost-effective, extensible and scalable solution that could grow with the business. Specifically, the organization needed to address: The lack of software, infrastructure, and tools to support data […]
Building IT Governance to Meet Internal and Regulator Demands
Challenge A large mortgage securitization solution provider needed to build and operationalize IT governance and software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes to support external audits, regulator exams, and quick remediation of SDLC and compliance issues. Solution Established a unified IT governance and SLDC program, which included: Detailing guidelines of roles, responsibilities, policies, procedures, and standards Creating […]
Leveraging Big Data to Drive Next-Gen Marketing Capabilities
Challenge A top 10 card issuer wanted to build new capabilities involving marketing intelligence, multi-channel attribution, media mix modeling, omnichannel marketing offers, and improved customer experience via big data. Solution Created a data-driven marketing environment to enable the organization to meets its marketing mission, which included: Developing a detailed roadmap and identifying requirements for data, […]
