Company name
Bornholms Energy & Supply
Industry
Energy & Supply
About the company
Bornholms Energy & Supply, also referred to as Beof, is a Danish utility company. Responsible for the entire energy infrastructure on the island of Bornholm, including energy, water, and electricity, Boef is considered a cornerstone of Denmark's critical infrastructure.
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Achievements
- Built-in password generator.
- Helps employees use more complex passwords.
- Uniqkey's Admin Dashboard. Gives admins a detailed overview over all employee access and login activity.
- Eliminating manual login and friction. Employees have access to own password manager, eliminating the need for manual password resets.
Challenge - Heavy responsibility, heavy requirements
Bornholms Energy & Supply, also referred to as Beof, is a Danish utility company. Responsible for the entire energy infrastructure on the island of Bornholm, including energy, water, and electricity, Beof is considered a cornerstone of Denmark's critical infrastructure. To minimize the risk of security breaches, Beof has to follow strict security standards set by the government. A task that puts a heavy load on Beof's IT department.
“The reason why we ended up with Uniqkey, was because of the high level of security on their platforms. In particular, it was their offline encryption of our passwords and data combined with their location in Denmark and within Europe that provided us with the necessary security and compliance we needed.”
Kristoffer Munch
Head of IT at Beof
Beof's goal: eliminate human-related security risks.
According to Verizon, 80% of company security breaches are caused by human-related errors like using weak or compromised passwords on a daily basis. Aware of this risk, Beof sought a solution that would give each employee a secure, simple and convenient way to handle logins to critical systems, reducing this risk dramatically. And that's what they found in Uniqkey. From the initial implementation phase, Beof prioritized password and cloud security to reduce employees use of re-used and weak passwords while gaining overview of company services and employee access. Because of the rising threat of phishing attacks, passwords breaches and social engineering, Kristoffer knew that their employees were the weakest link in their companies security. Kristoffer explains that Beof chose Uniqkey because they help us minimize human-related security risks.
"With Uniqkey's user-friendly platform and intuitive, auto-login app, it is now easy for us to onboard employees and we have increased our general access security"
Kristoffer Munch
Head of IT at Beof
Prior to the implementation of Uniqkey, Beof had no tools to monitor employee access outside their Active Directory or any insight into the complexity of their user's passwords. This reduced their security management to guesses and general awareness training rather than data-driven decisions.
"Before Uniqkey, we had no overview of our users and their passwords. Our primary focus was awareness training and educating our employees to steer them towards more secure behaviour. But we had no tool to measure the actual impact"
Kristoffer Munch
Head of IT at Beof
The Solution: Beof now manages their security based on facts rather than guesses
In addition to the user-friendly app that replaces the daily use of passwords by auto-filling all credentials for a safer and more convenient login process, Uniqkey also includes an intuitive Admin Dashboard that gives admins a detailed overview of all employee access and login activity. As a result, Beof has increased their overall access security through targeted review and management of their passwords and services. The sudden insight into the flaws in their digital presence immediately helped them figure out where to intervene first - be it critical services, employees with low security scores or cases of shadow IT. Kristoffer explains that the fact that they can now monitor the security score on all of their employees and services, has enabled them to take action based on actual facts rather than guesses. He adds, "Now we know which employees or departments we should target strategically and we are fully aware of which services are being used across our organization".
The solution - High security demands
Due to the heavy security requirements as a utility company, Beof has high demands for its supplier's security, trustworthiness, and compliance. "The reason why we ended up with Uniqkey, was because of the high level of security on their platforms." Kristoffer explains, and continues "In particular, it was their offline encryption of our passwords and data combined with their location in Denmark and within Europe that provided us with the necessary security and compliance we needed." High security demands to add to Kristoffer's words, our offline encryption and storage has provided Beof with a secure way to handle one of the most critical parts of their security infrastructure while giving them unlimited access to their passwords, no matter where they are or if they have internet access.
The result - Combining state-of-the-art cyber security with an intuitive user experience