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Company
Morneau Shepell
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company Size:
5001-10,000 Employees
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Morneau Shepell Secures More Than 600 Websites Without an Army of Penetration Testers
Morneau Shepell, an international pension administration and benefits company, was founded in the eighties as SOBECO. The company merged with Morneau in 1995 to become Morneau Sobeco. Later in 2006 Morneau Sobeco acquired Shepell FGI to become Morneau Shepell. Today Morneau Shepell serves more than 8,000 clients, ranging from small businesses to some of the largest corporations and associations in North America.
The Need to Scan over 600 Web Applications every Month
Morneau Shepell's websites and web applications are built with .Net framework and run on a number Microsoft IIS servers. Web applications are used by both employees and business partners to gain access to the personal accounts and information of their clients' to make pension investments and payments.
Why did Morneau Shepell choose Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner?
Prior to Netsparker, the company used Nessus as their primary web application security scanner; but as Security Analyst Mihai Petre highlights:
We started looking for a more efficient solution that could help us automate most of the tasks and Netsparker was the obvious choice, because it automatically verifies identified vulnerabilities. Therefore our team did not need to allocate time to verify the scanner's findings. - Mihai Petre, Security Analyst at Morneau Shepell
Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner is now being used to carry out monthly scheduled web application security scans using credentials, and also daily ones when the need arises.
Damage Limitation Ensures a Smooth Running Business
If a web application were hacked and sensitive data leaked or stolen, the company could suffer severe financial and regulatory compliance problems.
When Morneau Shepell started using Netsparker three years ago, they realized that many of their websites needed improvements in mitigating SQL Injections, Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and other vulnerabilities.
Using Netsparker they identified and confirmed particular cases where sites were vulnerable and quickly deployed fixes. Now, the security team is confident that their web applications are secure.
About Moreau Shepell
Established in 1966, Morneau Shepell serves more than 8,000 clients, ranging from small businesses to some of the largest corporations and associations in North America. With approximately 3,000 employees in offices across North America, Morneau Shepell provides services to organizations across Canada, in the United States and around the globe. Morneau Shepell is a public-traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: MSI).
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