Case Study: Major Aerospace and Defense Manufacturer achieves unified passwordless MFA and streamlined onboarding with Secret Double Octopus

Multi-national Aerospace Provider Adopts Unified Passwordless MFA to Uplevel User Authentication and IT Agility

Major Aerospace and Defense Manufacturer wanted to move to passwordless MFA to better protect sensitive IP, improve the end-user authentication experience, integrate with Active Directory, support Windows and Mac and legacy on‑prem apps, and reduce costly help‑desk password resets. After evaluating options, the company selected Secret Double Octopus’ Octopus Authenticator Platform (Octopus Enterprise Edition) to deliver a unified passwordless UX across autonomous business units worldwide, despite initial trepidation from segregated IT groups.

Secret Double Octopus deployed Octopus Enterprise Edition with capabilities like Password Rotation, secret sharing to provision credentials to mobile devices, and stronger offline desktop MFA (Bluetooth), while integrating with AD and lifecycle processes. The rollout delivered easy onboarding, a markedly improved user experience, reduced help‑desk password resets, and enabled the manufacturer to standardize passwordless MFA across business groups with a planned rollout to more than 150K employees.