Case Study
Panama Canal: Facilitating IBM Maximo® Security Based on User Roles
Timbergrove simplified the Panama Canal’s IBM Maximo security management, and easily associated user roles within Groups while maintaining security compliance using our proprietary enterprise asset management solution.
Analyzing the problem
Panama Canal was experiencing security management problems, as much of its staff were members of multiple IBM Maximo Security Groups and Person Groups – a requirement to perform their work tasks each day. This resulted in:
Labor intensive work to maintain user access
Frequent errors that reduced user productivity or resulted in security breaches
Inadequate control of auditing
The Panama Canal faced some tricky challenges resulting in reduced productivity and potential security incidents due to staff members being part of multiple IBM Maximo Groups.
Implementing the solution
Timbergrove implemented a custom solution in IBM Maximo Enterprise Asset Management to facilitate the Panama Canal’s instance of Maximo Security based on user roles. We enabled them to: