Case Study: Leading Global Manufacturing Company achieves centralized privileged user management with Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS)

Leading Global Manufacturing Company Streamlines Administration with Centralized Privileged User Management

A leading global manufacturing company with about 600 heterogeneous servers across multiple business units faced out-of-control privileged user access: administrators manually added and removed local accounts, privileged access relied on shared passwords with no accountability, and terminations or job moves created security and audit risks. The organization needed an automated way to control who could elevate privileges, under what conditions, and to remove access quickly to meet audit requirements.

They implemented Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS) to associate users to roles that automatically grant and revoke server access and enforce granular authorization policies. The solution centralized administration, enforced root-account control, automated account removal for terminated employees, and required appropriate authentication (e.g., SecurID) only when needed—improving administrator productivity, reducing exposure from clear‑text protocols, and simplifying compliance reporting and auditing.