Businesses worldwide use a wide range of digital applications to complete daily processes. From using cloud tools for file storage to communicating with team members online, these digital tools allow companies to work more efficiently. Many companies use online interfaces to store sensitive data, project details and more.
Identity-based attacks have evolved. Attackers now bypass traditional defenses, instead targeting credentials and privileged access—using sophisticated password-cracking tools and social engineering to exploit identity security weaknesses. With 80% of organizations experiencing privileged access violations and average breach costs of $4M, the threat is both pervasive and costly. For companies like Flora Food Group, managing 4,800 identities and 1,200 suppliers across 90 countries, this new reality demanded a strategic approach to unified identity security with identity and access management (IAM), privileged access management (PAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
Organizations confronting identity security transformation face three critical risk factors:
1. Security and Compliance Risk Exposure: Fragmented identity and access management increases an organization’s attack surface, creating security gaps that attackers exploit to compromise credentials and escalate privileges. With 80% of organizations experiencing privileged access violations, multiple authentication points and inconsistent access policies create dangerous blind spots that enable lateral movement across networks.
2. Operational Risk from Manual Controls: Without centralized identity security, organizations struggle with fundamental challenges including password reuse, delayed access deprovisioning, and consistently enforcing access policies across multiple systems. This manual overhead strains IT teams while creating opportunities for credential compromise and increases the risk of privilege creep, excessive entitlements, and orphaned accounts, which are frequently exploited in identity-based attacks.
3. Financial Risk and Business Impact: With average breach costs reaching $4 million (EMA 2024), combined with revenue losses from business disruption, regulatory penalties, and inefficient security operations, fragmented identity management creates significant financial exposure.
When IAM Cyber Security Manager Alet Ferreira joined Flora Food Group, the situation was clear: "Five and a half years ago, we had no idea what identities needed to look like. We had 16,000 accounts for a company that only has five and a half thousand users."
Instead of trying to solve everything at once, Flora Food Group adopted a measured, strategic approach alongside the guidance of the Bravura Security team, focusing on:
The Power of Unified Identity Security
Through implementing a unified identity security platform approach, Flora Food Group achieved remarkable results:
The unified Bravura Security Fabric eliminated critical security gaps through:
Professional Services Excellence: The Foundation of Success
Flora Food Group's success was driven by Bravura Security's expert IAM readiness and IGA deployment services working across three critical areas: The Strategic Advisory team conducted detailed assessments and designed a custom identity roadmap specific to Flora's complex environment; The Implementation team delivered seamless integration of their core systems including SAP, O365, ServiceNow and SuccessFactors while managing 4,800 identities; and the Deployment team accelerated time-to-value through proven methodologies and rapid development templates - demonstrating how professional expertise transforms identity programs.
Expert Identity Security Guidance from Identity Chaos to Control
Success in identity security doesn't require solving every challenge simultaneously. By understanding your environment, prioritizing critical needs, and partnering with experienced solutions providers, you can achieve significant improvements in security, efficiency, and cost management.
"If you're starting this journey, my advice is go and find a partner who is strong in this space. Find someone who's able to do something simple and consistent. Someone who's able to provide you a single platform," says Ferreira.
Through unified identity security approach, your organization can:
Our team of identity security experts helps organizations start small and achieve big results through our unified platform approach. We've proven this with customers like Flora Food Group, who eliminated 10,000+ excess accounts, reduced access provisioning from weeks to days, and saved £2M - all while strengthening security against today's identity-based attacks.
Our strategic partnership approach combines:
The result? A transformed security posture protecting against the 80% of breaches that target identity credentials and privileged access.
Ready to accelerate your unified identity security journey? Contact us to learn how Bravura Security can help you achieve your security goals with our comprehensive, unified security platform.