Case Study: Large Financial Institution reduces attack surface and eliminates local admin rights with CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager

A Frictionless Approach to Endpoint Protection

SecureITsource partnered with a large consumer financial institution (10,000+ employees) that was overwhelmed by sprawling local administrative privileges across thousands of Windows and Mac endpoints. The uncontrolled privileges increased insider and external attack risk, threatened lateral movement and data exfiltration, and needed to be addressed without disrupting strict customer SLAs or day-to-day productivity—while providing a simple access-request workflow and enforcing least-privilege.

SecureITsource implemented CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager, using monitor-only mode to validate policies, designing role-based access for users and support groups, and integrating logs with the client’s SIEM. In three months they removed local admin rights across all user endpoints with minimal impact, reduced helpdesk calls, delivered full application visibility, and established a foundation for continuous policy improvement and advanced protections like credential-theft detection.