Case Study: a leading audit & accounting firm achieves stronger data security and productivity control with e-Safe Compliance

Leading Audit & Accounting Firm cuts unproductive internet use by 50% with e-Safe Compliance

The customer, a leading audit and accounting firm, faced significant challenges in securing sensitive client data and intellectual property while also preventing the unproductive and non-compliant use of its IT resources. Existing solutions, including Sophos endpoint protection, proved inadequate for monitoring social media, blocking resilient chat applications like Skype, and preventing the storage of personal files. To address these insider threats and policy breaches, the firm turned to the vendor e-Safe Compliance for a solution.

e-Safe Compliance was implemented to monitor activity silently, immediately identifying serious breaches including data theft by departing employees and unauthorized discussions of client projects. The solution provided comprehensive visibility, revealing that 75% of internet use was unproductive and uncovering offline policy violations like stored pornography and personal media files. By enforcing monitoring and new policies with e-Safe Compliance, the firm achieved a 50% reduction in unproductive internet use, completely eliminated access to pornography, and recovered significant storage space, all while strengthening its overall data security posture.

Leading Audit & Accounting Firm