Case Study

Automotive Compliance Audit

Post-M&A compliance audit for a multi-billion dollar automotive company.

AWS Cloud Services Engineering Autoscaling FinTech Mobile Applications

The challenge

Mergers and acquisitions bring exciting opportunities, but they also create significant security and compliance challenges. As the client prepared to integrate a newly acquired company, they needed confidence that sensitive data would remain protected and that employees and systems could work together seamlessly. Ensuring the acquired company’s cloud and on-prem environments met SOC and SOX standards was critical to minimizing risk and keeping the business secure.

“Employing predictive forecasting eliminates unexpected delays in project timelines. It provides our clients with insights into the underlying causes and offers the team early warnings, allowing for the development of contingency plans. This approach facilitates challenging discussions with the support of robust data.”

Allen Brooks

7Factor Software Director of Engineering

Their pre-existing cloud landscape was hindering the performance of their product and its ability to adapt to their market. In the realm of IOT, it’s critical to have to store vast quantities of data and to be able to query and retrieve that data fast when it’s needed. Migrating to AWS opened up the client’s options on a global scale. Not only can the client provide their service to their customers with faster load times and more efficient storage, but also it gives the product the adaptability to grow (or shrink) where and when that is needed.

Tom Sarver

7Factor Software Engineer

Our Solution

7Factor conducted a focused SOC 2 audit, reviewing infrastructure, deployment processes, and application security. We provided actionable guidance to address gaps, standardize workflows, and ensure compliance across teams. By combining technical expertise with strategic advice, we helped the client secure the acquisition and put protections in place to manage risk long-term.