Case Study: Global Banking and Financial Services Company achieves $90M IT cost savings with Imperva SecureSphere

Global Bank Cuts $90 Million in Excess IT Costs

One of the world’s largest banks, operating in 40+ countries and serving some 38 million customers, struggled to meet regulations including MAS TRM, RBI guidelines and SOX. The bank relied on built-in database auditing that consumed about 20% of database processing, generated huge log storage needs, required extra hardware and headcount, produced inconsistent audit reports and even led to a failed audit—driving projected costs to roughly $110M.

The bank deployed Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, which reduced database processor overhead by ~90% (agents add ~2% load), dramatically cut storage and hardware needs, and reduced labor by about 70% (freeing 32 FTEs). The solution improved audit reporting and compliance and lowered one‑year total cost of ownership from ~$110M to ~$20M—saving roughly $90M.