Ensuring scalability and usability with the new Information Security Management Module in RSA Archer

• Client: The second largest bank in Germany by asset size and the central institution for 800+ cooperative banks and their 8500+ branch offices
• Project: Implementation of the new Information Security Management Module in RSA Archer

Performing in a highly regulated industry such as the Banking ecosystem in Germany is, in itself, a constant challenge that requires careful attention to sensitive data, platforms management, system operations and more. Now more than ever, organizations are charged with protecting sensitive and private information in many ways.

Such an environment needs extra care when it comes to systems upgrades, scalability enhancement, top-notch security. In this particular case, our client was facing an end of lifecycle for its Information Security Management (ISM) module on the RSA Archer platform.

Based on a technical concept for digitalization 1.0 of the information security compliance evaluation (ISCE) process, the Information Security Management (ISM) module was developed in 2014 and has been operated on the RSA Archer v5.3 platform since 2015. From then on, the ISM module was further developed until 2019 and last operated on the RSA Archer v6.7 platform in 2021.

Due to this continuous change, the ISM module shows the typical symptoms of software at the end of its life cycle, both technically and professionally.

• RSA Archer v6.7
• JavaScript
• XML/XSLT
• HTML

The previous ISM solution, based on an outdated technical concept of digitalization, reached its limits. Due to newly developed features and functionalities within the latest RSA Archer Platform version, our development team managed to implement an updated, centralized and time/cost effective module with an increased usability.

Also, in the case of new integrations, this approach reduces the risk of system crashes, making it a highly available and scalable system that can be easily extended.