Case Study: Largest Bank Holding Company achieves centralized privileged access control and simplified compliance with Fortra Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS)

Top 5 Worldwide Bank Uses Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS) for Privileged Access Management

A top-five global bank and major U.S. bank holding company with over 13 million individual and business customers faced the challenge of protecting sensitive customer data and proving compliance while managing a complex, multi-vendor estate of more than 3,500 Unix and Linux servers. The CISO required a centralized, reliable controls and compliance solution to prevent security breaches, control privileged access, and simplify administration across a heterogeneous environment.

The bank deployed Powertech Identity & Access Manager (BoKS) to centrally manage identities, enforce privileged delegation (including day-to-day root access via SecurID and controlled password checkout for emergencies), and capture automated audit logs and keystroke records. The implementation delivered a single administration console for a heterogeneous environment, enforced root-account controls across all servers, simplified compliance reporting and auditing, and made administration easier while enabling secure growth and better ROI.