Case Study: U.S.-based manufacturing company achieves automated password management and major admin time savings with Delinea (Secret Server)

Mission-Critical Systems Manufacturer Chooses Secret Server for “Best in Breed” Password Solution

A U.S.-based manufacturer of mission‑critical systems with 10,000 employees and over $2B in annual revenue—serving nuclear, defense, aerospace and power‑generation customers—faced growing risk from using Excel spreadsheets and manual processes to manage hundreds of application, portal and network credentials. The IT infrastructure team needed an enterprise solution with strong security, full auditing, and automatic password rotation to meet compliance and defend against internal and external threats.

After a vendor bake‑off they chose Thycotic Secret Server for its easier installation, upkeep and usability and its Remote Desktop Manager integration. Secret Server automated frequent password changes (local admins now rotate weekly or daily and many service accounts are automated), eliminated roughly six person‑hours per day previously spent on admin account changes, reduced maintenance to about one hour per month, enabled rapid SIEM‑driven password resets, sped adoption across teams and earned auditor praise.