UNIX Patching Transformation at RBC - ERP Spain.com - España y América Latina

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is a top-10 global bank with a complex IT environment with over 1000 mission-critical application owners, over 15,000 Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Linux/Unix servers across different hardware stacks, across 5 different business units globally. These environments all operate under very different business schedules and business needs, and with different software versions, all of which made it very difficult to maintain patch levels and compliance. Two years ago, RBC was falling behind and missing deadlines for maintaining security and compliance. Not having an effective method for patching mission-critical environments put RBC at risk, with C-level visibility. The team set out to design an end-to-end automated process for maintaining compliance across these mission-critical environments with help from Red Hat Ansible Tower, Red Hat Satellite, and Red Hat Consulting. In this session, we'll discuss RBC's customer success story with Red Hat Ansible Automation, and the benefits the company gained, which include: • Increased visibility into "actual" security compliance status (eliminated false positives, etc.) • Increased visibility into their patch process. • Reduced manual touch points. • Saved time and effort. • Increased confidence in delivery. • Created a common language for all of their application owners. • Created an Ansible custom workflow for patch automation designed with continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD). • Provided a system of self-governance over their applications.