Case Study: Mercury achieves scalable zero-trust access and simpler onboarding with Tailscale

Mercury streamlines onboarding for 1000+ employees with Tailscale

Mercury, a financial technology company serving over 200,000 businesses, faced scaling and security challenges with its traditional VPN as its team grew rapidly. They needed a zero-trust solution that provided granular access controls and a better user experience without requiring a dedicated team to maintain it, leading them to evaluate Tailscale.

By implementing Tailscale's zero-trust network with subnet routers and ACLs, Mercury streamlined infrastructure provisioning and enforced role-based access. Tailscale drastically simplified onboarding, replacing hour-long training sessions with a one-page guide, and freed the infrastructure team to focus on core objectives. The vendor's solution provided the necessary security and scalability, successfully supporting Mercury's growth from 240 to over 1,000 employees.

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