Case Study: Food and Beverage Organization achieves automated privileged access control and SOX compliance with Fortra Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS)

Food and Beverage Organization Implements Automated Access Control

A leading food and beverage organization operating thousands of restaurants worldwide failed a SOX audit due to insufficient control over privileged server access. They needed an automated, scalable privileged access management solution that would cover an initial 500 core Unix servers (with room to grow), manage both Unix and Windows from a single console, integrate with Active Directory, enforce granular access policies, and eliminate shared privileged passwords.

They implemented HelpSystems Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS), which provides a single architecture across Unix and Windows, role-based elevation controls, centralized SSH key distribution, keystroke logging, and AD/Kerberos single sign-on. As a result they gained a centralized administration console, enforced root and local account controls, eliminated password sharing, simplified compliance reporting and auditing, reduced administration costs, and addressed SOX and PCI requirements.