Optimizing accessmanagement for
improved security
Richards Building Supply fortifies security, streamlines IT accessmanagement and delivers frictionless user experiences.

Challenges
Given the company’s rapid expansion, Richards
Building Supply saw the need to adopt a secureaccess management solution that would enable
user and IT productivity.

Customer: Richards Building Supply

Results

Employees: 950• Strengthens security of critical businessresources while delivering frictionlessuser experiences.

Industry: Wholesale Distribution
Website: www.richards-supply.com

Richards Building Supply, which serves construction
companies at over 60 locations across the U.S., hasdoubled in size during the last decade. Early in thisgrowth trajectory, forward-looking IT leadership
recognized that the company needed stronger protection
for its systems and applications while keeping thetechnology environment simple for employees.

At the leading edge of security and the cloud
The company was one of the first in its industry to moveto the cloud and look for a technology partner to bolster
its security with multi-factor authentication (MFA) andadaptive authentication. Matthew Verniere, IT project
manager and architect at Richards Building Supply,
says, “OneLogin offered everything we were looking for.
The customer service reps and account managers werealways available to us to figure out the best solutions forour security and access management journey.”• Provides IT with complete visibilityof authentication and application
access events.
• Saves at least 3 hours of IT’s time to provision
new users, increasing efficiency throughautomated workflows.

Solutions
Today, Richards Building Supply, an early adopterof OneLogin solutions, continues to modernize andstrengthen its security while providing users easy
access to the resources they need to do their job.

Products Featured• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)• SmartFactor Authentication• Single Sign-On (SSO)• Advanced Directory• HR-Driven Identity• Identity Lifecycle ManagementSolutions Featured• OneLogin Workforce Identity

Fast-forward to today, when Richards Building Supply
enjoys a reputation as a leader in taking advantageof advanced authentication and access management
technologies. Verniere often shares guidance and bestpractices at industry forums. “Our industry peers admire
what we’ve accomplished with OneLogin,” he says. “I love
telling them about OneLogin SmartFactor Authentication,
which takes the guesswork out of user login andapplication access, alerting IT to unusual activity.

Verniere appreciates the usability of the OneLoginsolutions. “The flexible OneLogin Multi-Factor
Authentication options are great for users,” he notes.
“We encourage them to use the OneLogin Protect
Authenticator App, which includes biometrics, as one of
their authentication factors. Passwordless and biometric

Provisioning automation also gets their attention.”

As Richards Building Supply adapts and strengthens
its security, OneLogin remains a key solution provider.
Verniere collaborates with the OneLogin customer
support and account teams to make certain that thecompany reaps the full benefits of the OneLogin solutions
it owns. “We are eager to further optimize roles-based
mappings and application access with automations, oneof the most beautiful capabilities OneLogin offers,” says
Verniere. “For our users, we will continue improving our“Our industry peers admire
what we’ve accomplished withOneLogin. I love telling them
about OneLogin SmartFactor
Authentication, which takes theguesswork out of user login andapplication access.”
Matthew Verniere, IT Project Manager and Architect,
Richards Building Supply

Saving time while enabling user productivity
The company uses OneLogin Identity Lifecycle
Management and integrates it with OneLogin HR-Driven
Identity to access HR systems that contain userinformation. Through this integration, the company canstreamline its onboarding and offboarding processes,
resulting in significant time savings for the IT team.
“We’re saving at least three hours per end user thanks
to onboarding and provisioning with OneLogin,” says
Verniere. “Instead of waiting, users can immediately getstarted using their new devices.”

Advanced, secure and seamlessauthentication
Richards Building Supply pairs OneLogin SmartFactor
Authentication and Multi-Factor Authentication to enable
context-aware capabilities that provide IT with user
logging information and alerts without getting in theway of user productivity. Verniere explains, “OneLogin
SmartFactor Authentication allows us to make our IT
infrastructure secure and resilient with a tool that seems
small but has a broad reach. By reviewing the logs to see
users’ threat levels and risk scores, I can investigate likely

authentication is the future direction of cybersecurity.”

Evolving tomorrow’s security

delivery of a fluid, productive experience.”“The flexible OneLogin
Multi-Factor Authentication
options are great for users...
Passwordless and biometricauthentication is the future
direction of cybersecurity.”
Matthew Verniere, IT Project Manager and Architect,
Richards Building Supply

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