City of Maribyrnong Multi-Factor Authentication Case Study

This case study outlines the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) by the City of Maribyrnong to enhance security for all users and resources while securing service accounts. The municipality faced challenges in gaining visibility into admin user access requests and protecting service accounts due to limited oversight. The Essential Eight compliance framework prompted the council to tighten security controls. The solution involved deploying Silverfort to achieve real-time visibility into user access activity and to manage the privileges of legacy admin accounts. The council established access policies within weeks, enabling tracking of admin account behavior and service account activities. The implementation resulted in improved security posture, allowing the council to apply security controls to SQL servers and gain insights into service account metrics. Overall, the case study demonstrates how the City of Maribyrnong effectively addressed its security challenges through the use of Silverfort's capabilities.