Application and DB Development

Business Issue 

   

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had been focused on security for its privacy (PII) and other sensitive data in its financial systems. Opportunities for improvement existed with storage, transmission, access, recertification and monitoring controls. Management and OIG were focused on identifying weaknesses and devising cost effective, robust responses to security issues.

 

Solution

The OCFO Financial Data Mart (FDM) was enhanced by Delta Solutions’ Application and Database Development staff with a new access management application that monitored Active Directory credentials (active staff versus non-active staff), stored application access authority, provided yearly re-certifications, and monitored usage across many OCFO applications. SSL and sFTP were also deployed to ensure secure transmission of data. To provide visibility, reports and dashboards were created to make monitoring of security effortless for both contractors and government staff.

 

Outcome

The solution provided exposure to an important issue within HUD. Where previously weak, OCFO Systems Managers now influence matters relating to security and safeguards of data. Delta Solutions and HUD OCFO Systems have made substantial improvements on HUD’s financial data security.