Case Study: U.S. Cellular achieves regulatory compliance and reduces audit effort with Tripwire

Rapidly Growing Wireless Service Provider Ensures Regulatory Compliance with Tripwire

U.S. Cellular, a Chicago-based super-regional wireless provider serving about 6.5 million customers in 25 states, was struggling to protect customer credit card and personal data amid rapid growth and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape (Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI/CISP, HIPAA). The company needed greater network visibility, continuous compliance auditing, and a way to reduce the growing auditing burden on limited IT staff.

U.S. Cellular deployed the appliance-based Tripwire IP360 vulnerability management solution, which is quick to install, agentless, and enforces “gold standard” configurations while continuously scanning and automatically prioritizing remediation. The implementation simplified deployment and lowered costs, integrated compliance into operations with clear executive reporting, proactively reduced vulnerabilities, and cut audit effort to roughly one-fifth of the previous manual process—strengthening protection of customer information.

US Cellular

Matt Haynes

Manager