Heavy equipment dealer advances operational resilience through comprehensive cyber assessment
A major heavy equipment dealer partnered with Yearling Solutions to strengthen cybersecurity and business resilience capabilities, ensuring operational continuity during potential cyber events.
The Challenge
The organization manages complex dealership, service, and field operations across both on-premises and cloud environments. Leadership faced growing exposure from phishing and credential-based attacks targeting distributed workforces and connected equipment systems.
They wanted an independent, practical review of perimeter security, internal segmentation, and incident response readiness to ensure operational continuity during a potential cyber event.
Key Objectives:
- Verify perimeter and cloud security posture against evolving threats
- Review internal network segmentation and privileged access controls
- Validate monitoring and detection effectiveness for early threat identification
- Ensure incident response readiness and business continuity planning
Our Approach
Yearling Solutions executed a multi-phase Cyber Resilience Services engagement that combined assessment, testing, and strategic improvement planning. Our team worked collaboratively with the client's security and IT leadership to evaluate current capabilities and provide actionable guidance.
Key Focus Areas:
Perimeter & Cloud Security
Verification of perimeter and cloud security posture against current threat landscape
Network Segmentation
Review of internal network segmentation and privileged access control architecture
Detection Effectiveness
Validation of monitoring and detection capabilities for threat visibility
Identity Protection
Advisory on identity protection and authentication enhancement strategies
Executive Reporting
YearlingIQ platform delivery of resilience metrics and strategic priorities
Executive Reporting with YearlingIQ
Leadership received executive reporting and resilience metrics through the YearlingIQ platform, providing clear visibility into security posture, maturity progression, and strategic priorities for ongoing cyber resilience.
Results
The engagement provided the client with validated security posture insights and a clear roadmap for ongoing cyber resilience. Through Yearling's guidance, the organization now maintains a proactive defense model that aligns technical security with business continuity.
Key Outcomes:
- Confirmed strong perimeter and cloud security posture against current threats
- Strengthened identity protection and access control practices
- Improved detection and response effectiveness through guided collaboration
- Delivered measurable maturity gains across detection, recovery, and governance
Impact
The Cyber Resilience Services engagement equipped the organization with validated security insights and strategic guidance for continuous improvement. The client now maintains operational uptime, data integrity, and customer confidence through a defense model aligned with business priorities.
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