Case Study: a Fortune 250 retailer secures HashiCorp Vault access with Aembit

Large Retailer Secures HashiCorp Vault Access

A Fortune 250 retailer was facing significant challenges securing access to its HashiCorp Vault in a complex multi-cloud environment. Their high-maintenance, homegrown identity system made workload enrollment and the management of initial bootstrap secrets cumbersome and difficult to scale, creating security risks and consuming developer resources.

By implementing the Aembit Workload IAM platform, the retailer replaced its DIY system with a policy-based solution. Aembit solved the "Secret Zero" problem and streamlined enrollment by providing cryptographically attested, short-lived credentials. This allowed the company to save an estimated 3-5 FTEs in maintenance costs, decommission its old system, and deliver a new project six months ahead of schedule, all while significantly enhancing its security posture.