Overview

A FTSE 100 insurance company had a big project requiring security testing to be completed
within a go-live date. BSS provided a 5 strong team of testers with wide ranging experience to
allow the company to hit its go live date.
Alongside this the client had identified an opportunity to alleviate the pressures on its internal
security capability by upskilling developers with security knowledge.

 

The Challenges

Internal security teams were unable to meet the demand but needed flexibility during the project
and allow for resource to be scaled back to meet the fluid workload. The client needed resource
to hit the ground running and deliver high quality security testing.
Separately the client wanted increase its internal capability to test apps by creating a security
ambassador programme within its development teams.

 

The Solutions 

BSS was engaged to deliver a wide range of testing capability in the approach to go live of the
major programme. This included both application penetration testing and infrastructure
penetration testing.
BSS also delivered the necessary training material to create an ongoing security ambassador
programme and delivered the initial training and trained an internal trainer to carry out future
training.

The Outcomes 

The Outcomes:

The BSS testing team were able to rapidly adapt to a fluid, fast paced environment and quickly
alleviate the clients pain points. The project work was completed on time and exceeded client
expectations. Technical resource initially deployed into the client for the duration of the project
have gone on to further assist on new, upcoming projects.
The client now has its own security ambassador programme which has increased the security
capabilities of its development teams.