Privileged Access Management Automation at a Global Scale

The Challenge

As one of the world’s largest CPG manufacturers, the organization operates a vast and diverse ecosystem: factories, distribution centers, R&D sites, global offices, hybrid-cloud infrastructure, and thousands of administrators who support business-critical operations. 

Their previous privileged access solution was approaching end of life. Over years of growth, it had been patched together with local scripts and one-off utilities. Static vaulting was still widespread. Password rotation was ad hoc in many regions, especially across industrial systems that required precise coordination during patching windows.

Audits were increasingly difficult. Proving who had access to what and when meant combing through screenshots, exporting logs, and relying on tribal knowledge to explain exceptions. A small central IAM team carried the full burden of onboarding new platforms, managing exceptions, and answering audit questions.

When the incumbent platform’s retirement became inevitable, leaders knew they could not simply swap one tool for another. They needed: 

• Consistent, automated password rotation across the global estate 

• A unified audit trail for personal and shared privileged access 

• Delegated operations so regions and platform owners could manage their own systems safely 

• A platform engineered for enterprise-scale automation, not manual oversight 

The search began for a long-term PAM partner that could support tens of thousands of privileged accounts, diverse infrastructure, and continuous automation. 

The organization launched a competitive evaluation that included a full RFP and hands-on proof of concept. Bravura Privilege stood out from the incumbent and other major industry vendors for several reasons: 

1. Broad, enterprise-ready connector ecosystem

The platform demonstrated strong, built-in integrations for Active Directory, Azure AD, Linux, AIX, SAP, ESXi, Checkpoint, and specialized manufacturing systems. 

2. A more intuitive, unified experience

Teams saw immediate improvements in how access requests, approvals, and privileged sessions flowed end to end. 

3. Distributed yet governed operations

Bravura Privilege enabled safe delegation to platform teams and regional administrators while preserving central policy enforcement. 

4. A single license model

Unlike other vendors that required multiple modules or added infrastructure, Bravura Privilege offered full PAM capability under a unified license. 

5. Real-world integration during the POC

Instead of demonstrating abstract screens, Bravura wired the POC into the customer’s identity sources, ticketing system, and a representative infrastructure set. This allowed the team to validate real workflows, not just features. 

6. Extensibility without code forking

Custom business logic could be added through configuration and Python extensions, stored in Git, and deployed across development, test, and production environments. 

The migration occurred in controlled waves over ten months. Early waves replaced the legacy platform. Later waves expanded automation, especially around service accounts that supported industrial systems where timing and sequencing were critical.