Case Study: Guidewire Software reduces cloud identity risk with CloudKnox Security

To Reduce Risk in the Cloud, Manage Privileged Access

Guidewire Software, a cloud platform provider for more than 400 P&C insurers, was struggling with rapid identity sprawl as its AWS accounts grew from 10 to 250. Its team relied on slow, manual processes using Python scripts and Excel to track permissions, making it difficult to consistently enforce access standards or identify over-permissioned users and roles. Guidewire turned to CloudKnox Security Inc and its Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) platform to gain visibility into who had access to what and to reduce cloud security risk.

With CloudKnox Security Inc, Guidewire automated permissions management, monitored privileged access, and used features like the Privilege Creep Index and Just Enough Privileges controller to right-size identities and enforce least privilege. The company quickly uncovered far more super administrators than expected, cleaned up those accounts, and significantly improved its security posture. Since deploying CloudKnox, Guidewire has reported a clear downward trend in risk scores, with PCI scores in the low-risk range for nearly every account.

Guidewire Software

Jay Brothers

Identity and Access Management Engineer