Case Study: City of Bakersfield achieves secure, compliant remote access with One Identity

Bakersfield Police Department locks down remote access with Defender

The City of Bakersfield needed to tighten security for mobile computing used by its police department and comply with a DOJ mandate requiring two‑factor remote access; IT leaders wanted Active Directory integration and hardware token support. To address this, the City selected One Identity’s Defender identity and access management solution.

One Identity implemented Defender in under a week, integrating it with the city’s AD/ADUC, supporting hardware tokens, and leveraging existing infrastructure so administration remained simple. The deployment met DOJ compliance, increased remote‑access security, scaled easily (a 100% increase in users since rollout), was extended to remote vendors and privileged admins, and delivered reliable, low‑maintenance two‑factor authentication.

City of Bakersfield

David Hecht

Director of Information Technologies