Case Study: Cherre Achieves Zero Standing Privilege and Scalable Compliance with strongDM

Cherre Adopts Zero Standing Privilege with Confident Access Controls

Cherre, a software company in the real estate data and insights space, needed a better way to manage access as it scaled quickly. The team was dealing with frequent ad hoc requests for databases and Kubernetes clusters, over-privileged accounts, and increasingly complex compliance and audit demands. Cherre turned to strongDM to create a more auditable and organized access process across its modern infrastructure.

With strongDM, Cherre implemented zero standing privilege, temporary access approvals, detailed logging, and centralized controls for both Kubernetes and databases. The solution simplified compliance, made audits easier, improved mean time to investigate, and reduced the burden on engineering managers by automating access workflows. StrongDM also helped Cherre standardize access rules and avoid sharing credentials with end users, resulting in more secure and productive teams.

Cherre

Mike Gruen

Director of Engineering