Case Study: a global licensing software developer achieves ISO 27001:2013 certification with instinctools

Global Licensing Software Developer gains ISO 27001:2013 certification with instinctools in 2022

The customer, a global software licensing company, faced the challenge of modernizing its legacy back-end system to achieve ISO 27001 certification. Its outdated software, built on SOAP API and the obsolete Apache Axis2 framework, was no longer supported and posed a significant security risk. The company sought a European vendor, *instinctools, with specific expertise in legacy modernization and stringent security protocols to assist with this Java development and system upgrade.

*instinctools implemented an incremental modernization strategy, first migrating the system from Axis2 to the modern Apache CXF framework and updating Java. This approach allowed the client to successfully obtain ISO 27001:2013 certification. The solution reduced future maintenance costs, simplified the codebase, and created a foundation for a planned future transition to the Spring framework. The successful partnership led to two additional modernization projects with *instinctools.