CASE STUDY

A cure for legacy
access management ills
Key Facts
Company

B. Braun in Germany automates identityand access management for greater
security and compliance while enabling
digital transformation

B. Braun Melsungen AG

Industry
Healthcare

Country
Germany

Employees

61,583 (2017)

Websitewww.bbraun.com
Challenges
B. Braun needed to increase
security, guarantee compliance,and control access to company
data, especially as it developed
a hybrid IT environment.
Results
The organisation has improved
security by automating accountprovisioning and deactivation.
B. Braun has also ensured
company data is protected in its
hybrid environment, featuring
cloud and on-premise systems.
Products
Identity ManagerServices

The employee landscape at organisations of all sizes and types isconstantly evolving as job roles change, people leave, and new starters
begin. This state of flux is a challenge for IT teams, responsible formanaging access to company systems and keeping corporate data safe.
For B. Braun, one of the world´s leading providers of healthcare solutions
based in Melsungen, Germany, the challenge was particularly acute. The
firm manufactures 5,000 different kinds of products for the healthcare
industry, including dialysis machines and specialist fibre-optic equipment
for surgery. It has more than 61,000 employees worldwide — all of whom
have IT user accounts that need to be carefully managed.
When outdated technology is an opportunity
B. Braun needed a more effective way to manage user accounts andprotect data. Andreas Mueller, IT project manager at B. Braun, says, “We
have too many manual processes, which increases the time to create ordelete a user account. Overall, there was too much risk of unauthorised

“Our investment in Identity Manager is enabling
the business to pursue its cloud-IT strategy, while
ensuring access management is locked down.”
Andreas Mueller, IT Project Manager, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Germany

data access and therefore afailure to comply with data
security regulations.”
Beyond automation, B. Braun also
wanted an identity management
solution that could drive digitaltransformation. “We’re movingsome of our IT to the cloud,” says
Mueller, “so we needed a solutionthat could talk to our on-premise
infrastructure and cloud services
such as Office 365.”
B. Braun hired One Identity
to launch a proof of concept(POC) for Identity Manager.
“Identity Manager delivered
all the features we wanted,”says Mueller, “including cloudconnectivity. What’s more, thetechnical sales team at One
Identity offered to support a POC
that integrated with our internal
infrastructure. No other provider
would go this far.”Expert services deliver
added confidence
Based on the success of thePOC, B. Braun went ahead withthe deployment of Identity
Manager. The goal was for thesolution to support both thecompany’s internal systems andan extranet used by B. Brauncustomers. Says Mueller, “For aproject of this importance, wewanted to work with a services
team because we didn’t havethe skills in-house. We looked atseveral offers, but the proposal
from One Identity Services
gave us the most confidence.
Its personnel were highlyexperienced in this kind ofimplementation.”

Services flexibility avoids
runovers

Inspiring innovation,
driving transformation

During the deployment, theOne Identity Services teamdemonstrated a high degree offlexibility as well as experience,according to Mueller. “There wasa lot of back and forth between
the B. Braun IT project teamand stakeholders across thebusiness. But thanks to thegood planning of One Identity
Services — which allocatedtime in its original schedule
for changes to the project’s
parameters — implementation
stayed on track,” he says.

From a security and compliance
perspective, access management
is more tightly controlled.
“Knowing your data is securewith One Identity frees up
mental space to focus on
business development andinnovation,” comments Mueller.
Furthermore, Identity Manager’s
compatibility with cloud-based
systems enables B. Braun todrive the company’s digitaltransformation. “Our investment
in Identity Manager is enabling
the business to pursue its
cloud-IT strategy, while ensuring
access management is lockeddown,” says Mueller.

Getting accessmanagement right
Today, the Identity Manager
solution behind B. Braun’sinternal systems is about to golive for personnel in Germany
and Switzerland. In the coming
months, it will be rolled out
worldwide. B. Braun realises thataccess needs to be correct inorder to reduce risk and protect
company data. "All the rightpeople have access to what theyneed now that account creationand termination are automatedwith Identity Manager," explains
Mueller. "There's complete
transparency and greater
protection of company data.
Everyone knows the positionof their requests within theworkflow at any given time.
There is also less chance oferrors."

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Continued development
Looking ahead, B. Braunplans to enhance its password
management policies with thesupport of One Identity. “Step bystep, we’re getting our identityand access management rightwith One Identity. That’s great
news for the company and ourstaff,” Mueller says.
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