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# Challenges

## Simplifying access control to focus on achieving product-market-fit (PMF)

After making a list of Utility Warehouse’s authorization challenges, Rob Crowe, the Principal Engineer at Utility Warehouse, knew that they needed a centralized, secure, and SOC/ISO-compliant way of managing access control.

* Overhauling a basic and inadequate authorization system that lacked functionality
* Centralizing and simplifying access control
* Auditing and testing policies accurately

# Solution

## Simple, robust, and secure access control solution

Getting started with Cerbos was so easy that Rob and his team used it successfully for 3 months without speaking with the Cerbos team. They started small and now cover important permissions in their software with Cerbos.

* Quick set-up with easy-to-understand code
* Comprehensive audit logs
* Version control for easy testing and validation
* Technical advice from an expert team


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# Result

## Confidence, peace of mind, and the power to move fast

Thanks to Cerbos, Utility Warehouse has transformed and centralized access control. Rob and his team don’t have to wrangle a scattered authorization logic, everything is in Cerbos.

The team is confident that Utility Warehouse’s authorization logic is accurate and secure which gives them unparalleled peace of mind.

Decoupling access control has given Utility Warehouse team time to focus on building their company instead of trying to detangle permission logic.

* Centralized and secure access control system
* Confidence and peace of mind
* Bandwidth to focus on business tasks
* Power to move fast


Utility Warehouse’s internal authorization logic was ‘long in the tooth’. Rob knew that there would be trouble down the road if his team didn’t upgrade the system. Getting started with Cerbos was so easy that Rob and his team used it successfully for 3 months without speaking with the Cerbos team. They started small and now cover important permissions in their software with Cerbos.

Customer success story: How Utility Warehouse upgraded and centralized its access control system with Cerbos

Utility Warehouse

It’s weird to say an outside company has our back, but Cerbos does. It’s the people. It’s their open-source code: it’s high quality, you can read it, it does what it says on the tin.

One of our favorite features is the audit logs because it allows us to understand what is happening in the black box. We didn’t know we needed that.

Success story

How Utility Warehouse upgraded and centralized its access control system with Cerbos

Case Study