Case Study: Large Multi-National Bank achieves optimized mainframe vulnerability scanning and reporting with Rocket Software

Bringing Vulnerability Scanning into Penetration Testing

Large Multi-National Bank faced a critical challenge after a PCI audit: its mainframe team could no longer shoulder vulnerability scanning alone, and the penetration testing team lacked the mainframe expertise needed to assess risks, interpret scores, and produce analytics-driven reports. To close this gap, the bank worked with Rocket Software and its KRI capabilities to bring mainframe vulnerability scanning into the penetration testing process and build the skills needed to support it.

Rocket Software helped the bank implement an integrated, automated approach that consolidated scanning results across operational and technology layers and supported a mainframe education program for the pentesting team. As a result, scanning responsibilities were centralized, reporting became more complete and contextual through CVSS-based Vulnerability Analysis Reports, and the mainframe team gained capacity for higher-priority work.