Swiss Cantonal Office

Assessed the data security maturity of a cantonal tax office’s data warehouse and proposed a recommendation roadmap to prepare for a data security audit

Problem

• Tax office developed a Data Warehouse 5 years ago to run short analyses
• Organic, unstructured growth of the DWH led to struggles with data security topics
• Needed a security and maturity assessment for upcoming audit and optimization initiative

Solution

• Leveraged the NIST cybersecurity framework, focusing on security maturity, data lifecycle, connectivity diagram, roles & responsibilities as part of the assessment.
• Developed forward-looking recommendations for data privacy and secure company/team topics 

Business Impact

• Delivered a roadmap with timely recommendations, highlighting key risks and ways to reduce them.
• Stakeholders were well-informed and DWH prepared for the upcoming audit