Case Study: Facebook prevents data breaches with Very Good Security

Facebook prevents a million-dollar data breach in 10 minutes with Very Good Security

Facebook needed to protect its users' highly sensitive personal information, such as Social Security Numbers, from a costly data breach. The challenge was that maintaining robust data security in-house is extremely resource-intensive, requiring continuous monitoring, patching, and a dedicated team of experts. To address this, Facebook partnered with Very Good Security to utilize its data vault service.

Very Good Security implemented its data vault to secure Facebook's sensitive data. The solution involved setting up inbound and outbound routes that redact sensitive information with secure aliases before it reaches Facebook's servers and reveal it only when necessary for outgoing requests to authorized third parties. This was achieved with minimal engineering effort, taking only about ten minutes to integrate. As a result, Facebook's application was rendered free of sensitive data, dramatically reducing its attack surface and protecting it from potential multi-million dollar fines and breach costs.

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