A global financial services institution faced growing complexity in its IT Governance reporting processes. Compliance data was dispersed across both the GRC platform and the SIEM system, creating challenges in reconciling datasets, ensuring accuracy, and meeting regulatory reporting timelines. Each month, three IT compliance analysts spent over a week manually compiling and validating reports. The process was inefficient, inconsistent, and delayed the organization’s ability to identify and act on emerging risks.
SureStep was engaged to design and implement a unified compliance data architecture using AWS cloud services. The solution combined automation, scalable infrastructure, and strong data governance practices:
- AWS S3 served as a centralized and secure data lake repository for GRC and SIEM data.
- AWS Glue automated ETL workflows to standardize data models, map controls to assets, and enrich information with metadata.
- Amazon QuickSight provided interactive dashboards and self-service analytics for compliance teams.
This integrated approach created a single source of truth for compliance metrics, supported scalability, and maintained full traceability across IT risk and governance processes.
The results were measurable and sustained. Monthly reporting efforts were reduced from 120 analyst hours to 1 day. The team now generates reports through parameterized QuickSight dashboards and completes month-end reviews in a single day. The new architecture delivered faster insights, improved accuracy, and enabled continuous monitoring of IT control performance and compliance posture.
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