Case Study: Svenska Handelsbanken achieves secure, auditable third-party privileged access with One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions

Managing Third-Party Access at Svenska Handelsbanken

Handelsbanken, one of Sweden’s largest banks, faced the challenge of securely managing third‑party privileged access across a complex, mixed IT environment spanning mainframes and thousands of Windows servers. To strengthen its information security and compliance controls for external service providers, the bank selected One Identity’s Safeguard for Privileged Sessions to provide controlled, auditable remote access.

One Identity implemented Safeguard with a license to monitor up to 50 servers, deployed as a two‑node high‑availability cluster (scalable to 500 simultaneous connections) and rolled out in three months. Installed behind the bank’s firewall, the solution enforces per‑user privileges, creates tamper‑proof audit trails with searchable, movie‑like session replay, and enables real‑time and historical review—delivering greater transparency, tighter supervision of third‑party admins, and stronger compliance controls.

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