Driving Compliance Through Strategy Application Vulnerability Management

Client Snapshot:

• Large Canadian financial services company
• Global operations across highly regulated markets
• Pressured by industry regulations to address security process gaps rapidly

The Challenges

The client lacked a robust application vulnerability management strategy. While penetration testing was in place, findings weren’t being properly documented, tracked, or resolved. They needed to:

• Quickly build and execute a formal vulnerability management process
• Improve visibility and accountability across IT Risk and development teams
• Satisfy regulatory expectations and reduce operational exposure
  

The Solution

Coreio deployed a team of senior security consultants to lead and execute an enterprise-grade solution:

• Strategy Development: Designed and delivered a comprehensive application vulnerability management framework
• Operational Execution: Integrated new processes into legacy and emerging platforms
• Stakeholder Alignment: Gathered inputs across IT Risk, development, and leadership to build actionable SLAs and enhanced reporting
• Remediation Management: Closed hundreds of historical vulnerability tickets

Key Outcomes

• Regulatory Readiness Achieved: Delivered a mature, auditable vulnerability management process that satisfied compliance demands

• Security Operations Embedded: Operationalized application security practices across legacy and modern environments

• Improved Visibility and Accountability: Enabled actionable reporting and SLA tracking across IT Risk and development stakeholders

• Program Momentum and Growth: Earned executive trust, leading to expansion into open source and Static Application Static Testing (SAST) security initiatives