Case Study: O.C. Tanner Protects Customer Data with Fortanix DSM

O.C.Tanner Protects Customer Data Across Hybrid, MultiCloud, and Multi-Site Environments

O.C. Tanner, the employee recognition and reward company behind programs used by millions of users in more than 150 countries, needed to protect sensitive customer data across a hybrid, multi-cloud, and multi-site environment. As the company expanded its use of on-premises infrastructure and AWS, it wanted to maintain control of encryption keys, tokens, and shared secrets while meeting client security requirements. Fortanix DSM was selected as the unified key management and data protection platform.

Fortanix implemented DSM to deliver bring-your-own-key (BYOK), tokenization, and shared secrets across O.C. Tanner’s on-premises systems and multiple cloud environments, with REST APIs and client libraries for easy integration. The solution helped O.C. Tanner secure sensitive data during cloud migration, support data sovereignty, reduce compliance scope, and enable granular access controls and masking. The case study also notes DSM’s scalable, highly available architecture and its ability to lower TCO by combining key management, HSM, and tokenization in one platform.

O.C.Tanner

Niel Nickolaisen

Chief Technology Officer