Case Study: Victoria University achieves 95% privileged-account coverage and easy adoption with Delinea Secret Server

Victoria University chooses Thycotic to secure privileged access management foundation and ensure ease of adoption

Victoria University (Melbourne), which educates more than 42,800 students, faced inconsistent, manual privileged-account management across its IT estate, with widespread use of shared/default credentials and little oversight or audit control. ITS leadership identified governance, visibility and change-management hurdles as key risks and needed a practical, fit-for-purpose Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution that IT staff would adopt.

VU selected Thycotic Secret Server for its ease of deployment and low-cost model, rolling out a phased pilot that started with a few critical secrets and expanded to a premium license covering nearly 95% of core systems. The implementation delivered fast adoption—becoming business-as-usual for admins—reduced risk, improved operational efficiency, and set the stage to extend Secret Server into HR/finance, access governance, session recording and SIEM integration.

Victoria University

Nitin Singh

Director