From 6-Week Audit Scrambles to 10-Day Confidence Across 50+ Branches
A European retail banking group with 50+ branches and two data centers replaced fragmented network tooling with ConnectMyAssets, cutting audit preparation by 80% and eliminating backup blind spots across its entire infrastructure.
The Challenge
Regulatory pressure mounting, audit deadlines approaching, and no single source of truth for network configurations.
DORA & PCI-DSS Compliance
Regulators required complete evidence of network segmentation, configuration change tracking, and disaster recovery readiness. The compliance team spent 6 weeks manually assembling documentation from 4 different tools before every audit cycle.
Multi-Site Governance
53 branches, 2 data centers, and a disaster recovery site, each managed by different regional teams with no standardized naming conventions, no shared inventory, and inconsistent firewall rule sets across locations.
Change Control & Traceability
Configuration changes were made ad-hoc with no approval workflow. When a branch firewall misconfiguration exposed a segment to the internet for 11 hours, there was no audit trail to determine who changed what or when.
Audit Preparation Overhead
Every quarterly PCI-DSS assessment required the network team to manually export configs, screenshot topology diagrams, compile change logs, and cross-reference asset inventories. The process consumed 240+ person-hours per cycle.
The Solution
A unified platform that turns compliance from a quarterly fire drill into a continuous, automated process.
Centralized Multi-Site Inventory
CMDB auto-discovery mapped all 53 branches and both data centers into a single inventory with standardized naming, location tagging, and firmware tracking. 67 previously undocumented devices were identified in the first scan.
Firewall Rule Audit & Consistency
Firewall management module analyzes rule sets across all locations, flagging shadowed rules, overly permissive policies, and inconsistencies between branches. Compliance reports are generated on demand with one click.
Automated Configuration Backup
Every device configuration is backed up daily with full version history and diff comparison. The DR site can be rebuilt from verified configs, and every change is timestamped with the operator identity.
Continuous Compliance Dashboards
Real-time compliance scoring against DORA and PCI-DSS control frameworks. Auditors receive pre-built evidence packs with topology maps, change logs, backup status, and segmentation proof, no more manual assembly.
Results & Impact
Audit preparation time
Backup coverage across all sites
Sites managed from a single pane
Incident response time
Key Platform Features Used
CMDB
Auto-discovery and centralized inventory across 50+ branches with standardized naming and location tagging.
Configuration Backup
Daily automated backups with version history, diff comparison, and operator-level change tracking.
Compliance
Continuous DORA and PCI-DSS compliance scoring with pre-built evidence packs for auditors.
Firewall Management
Cross-site firewall rule analysis, shadowed rule detection, and one-click compliance reporting.
Topology Mapping
Auto-generated network maps per branch and data center for auditor-ready segmentation evidence.
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