Case Study: Blend achieves transparent, deterministic access management with Opal Security

Blend Uses Opal to Transform Identity Security with Deterministic Logic

Blend, a digital origination platform for the financial services industry, faced challenges with its manual, slow, and inconsistent internal access approval process, which created security vulnerabilities. The company needed a deterministic, logic-based solution to automate access management and improve its overall security posture. To address this, Blend turned to the vendor Opal for its access management solution.

Opal implemented an off-the-shelf solution that automated access decisions using transparent boolean logic and integrated with tools like Okta and Terraform. This provided a seamless, self-service experience for employees, drastically reduced manual approval work for the security team, and strengthened security through the principle of least privilege. The results for Blend included a significant boost in productivity, faster and less labor-intensive compliance audits, and the ability for the security team to focus on more strategic initiatives.

Blend

Matthew Jackson

Security Ops and Engineering Manager