Case Study: Y42 achieves secure, rapid onboarding at scale with 1Password

Scaling Securely How Y42 uses 1Password to quickly onboard new team members

Y42, a fast-growing full‑stack data workspace that went from about 15 employees to nearly 100 in a year, needed a way to onboard many new hires quickly while keeping company and customer data secure. The VP of Operations was charged with building systems that ensure everyone has the right credentials and minimal access, and the company also needed to align with enterprise controls as it scaled.

They deployed 1Password with a hierarchical vault structure and group-based permissions, integrated Okta SSO, and began using 1Password Secrets Automation for DevOps. This setup let Y42 auto-provision access for new hires, onboard batches of 5–7 people without friction, reduce credential-management complexity, and streamline workflows (including Touch ID for fast authentication), while supporting plans for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance.

Y42

Hai Nguyen Mau

VP of Operations