Case Study: Brex achieves lower OpEx and stronger identity governance with C1 Partners

Brex cuts OpEx by over 90% with C1 Partners

Brex, a financial technology company, faced challenges in managing identity and access in its highly regulated environment. Their IT teams spent significant time on manual access requests and reviews, making it difficult to enforce least privilege and ensure audit readiness. To address this, they partnered with vendor C1 Partners to implement its identity and access management platform.

The solution from C1 automated the access request process, integrated with tools like Okta and Terraform, and provided ephemeral, just-in-time elevated access. This resulted in a dramatic reduction in operating expenses, with over 50,000 access requests processed through the C1 platform. Brex also significantly improved its auditability and compliance posture while empowering application owners through automation.

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