Case Study: U.S. Government achieves scalable data protection and FISMA/USGCB compliance with NetIQ (Aegis & Secure Configuration Manager)

The NetIQ® solution helps protect sensitive data and demonstrate compliance with federal security mandates

NetIQ, working with systems integrator MED Trends, provided a security and compliance solution for a large U.S. federal agency responsible for more than 6,500 servers and up to 150,000 desktops. The agency needed a scalable, flexible, and reliable way to protect sensitive data and demonstrate compliance with federal mandates such as FISMA and the USGCB.

NetIQ’s Secure Configuration Manager delivers SCAP/NIST-based assessments and out-of-the-box compliance reporting across Windows and UNIX, while Aegis automates security and compliance workflows to reduce workload and speed time-to-compliance. Paired with MED Trends’ common control framework and presentation engine, the solution centralizes auditing, provides risk-based dashboards, identifies high‑risk areas quickly, and helps lower compliance costs and organizational risk.

US Government