Genuine Parts needed to shift its security approach from a mindset focused on autonomous subsidiaries to a consolidated global security model with consistent levels of protection, tools, software, standards and policies. With 50,000 employees and customers in 14 countries, as well as 200,000 endpoints and 20 data centers around the world, Genuine Parts turned to GuidePoint Security to help them formulate their strategy and approach. From supporting a complex global operating environment to filling key cybersecurity skill gaps, Genuine Parts wanted to improve overall security and have confidence that their business was protected from global threats.
As part of the overall security program, GuidePoint Security helped GPC extend its team and skill set based on areas of need. “So as a small security organization, we don’t have the full bandwidth of skill sets. GuidePoint has the background and the experience whereas some of our team members didn’t, so it was a tremendous help to us. We wanted to focus on finding partners – not vendors – partners, that offered multiple services for us. It’s always just a phone call away or an email away to get access to the people that we need, so we’re very fortunate that way.”
“The value of the partnership continues to be illustrated time and time again. We’ve engaged with GuidePoint, which has brought at their own expense resources to bear when we said we have areas of our program that we want to investigate. GuidePoint took it on themselves to bring in their company experts to walk us through, put together a proposal, and partner with us to improve our cyber maturity to improve our compliance. And so by listening and understanding and having the resources on staff with the expertise to bear, working in partnership to provide solutions that will benefit and help mature GPC’s security long term.”
