Merlin International Case Studies

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Cyber Security

Case Study: Cyber Security

Problem: In 2006 and 2007, laptops were lost containing data on more than 27 million veterans. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) received substantial media coverage and judicial attention on these data breaches.

Solution: Merlin International® provided a phased deployment, identifying more than 30,000 critical-risk assets and 200,000 total assets in one of the nation’s most complex environments.

Results: For a department once synonymous with data breaches, no VA laptop breaches were reported in 2008 or 2009.

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Internal Revenue Service: Cyber Security

Case Study: Cyber Security

Problem: A large, complex environment that needed encryption before the 2009 tax season, or risk significant data loss and project delays. This environment included more than 100,000 endpoints, such as USB thumb drives storing critical Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data.

Solution: Merlin International® partnered with IRS technical leaders for approximately nine months of system integration to provide an EAL4, FIPS 140-2, 508-compliant, centrally managed solution to all IRS endpoints.

Results: Merlin’s solution greatly enhanced confidentiality, with a new security policy that automatically forced encryption on all data sent to any USB removable storage device from any endpoint and by the deadline.

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