Case Study: Kenna Security achieves 60x faster Ansible deployments with Smallstep

Kenna increased deployment speed 60x with Smallstep

Kenna Security, a leader in risk-based vulnerability management, faced significant operational toil and security risks from managing user-generated SSH keys across its ten cloud environments. This process, which involved manual key generation and Ansible playbook updates for user onboarding and offboarding, was time-consuming and error-prone. The challenge prompted them to seek a solution from vendor Smallstep.

Smallstep implemented its SSH certificate management solution to replace the static SSH keys. This shift eliminated the manual key management processes, significantly improved security, and resulted in Ansible deployments that were 60 times faster for the Kenna Security team.

Kenna Security

Joe Doss

Director of Engineering Operations