Case Study: AppDirect achieves simpler, more secure access management with StrongDM

AppDirect Removes the Pain of Manual Access Management with StrongDM

AppDirect, a software company that helps customers sell recurring digital services, was struggling with manual access management through Jira. Engineers had to file internal tickets for database access, and managers had to approve large volumes of requests by hand, creating delays, administrative pain, and weak visibility into who was accessing which databases.

AppDirect implemented StrongDM to simplify and secure database access management across systems like MongoDB and other databases. With StrongDM, access approvals now take only a few clicks, the company gained granular audit logs for compliance and visibility, and the team estimated it eliminated about $500,000 per year in wasted personnel hours while setting the stage to expand access management to SSH, Kubernetes, and AWS.

AppDirect

Steeve Bisson

Director of Data Engineering