Ticket storms. IT helpdesks were flooded with "Forgot Password" requests. Worse, when a mechanic moved from the A320 Final Assembly Line to the A330 line, their digital access didn't move with them. HR had to terminate and recreate profiles, leading to gaps in productivity.
Here is the inside look at how Airbus unified the digital identity of 130,000 workers. Before OneLogin, the employee experience was frustratingly retro. A new hire in Mobile, Alabama, needed access to SAP for parts, TeamCenter for engineering, and Salesforce for CRM.
In the sky, autopilot handles the complexity. On the ground, OneLogin is finally doing the same for cybersecurity. airbus onelogin
For decades, Airbus operated as a federation of giants. With major subsidiaries like Airbus Defence and Space, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Commercial Aircraft, the company struggled with a fragmented "Identity Sprawl." Different divisions used different directories. Mergers left legacy systems running. Employees often maintained up to a dozen different passwords.
Airbus engineers have a "need to know" based on geopolitical sanctions. An employee in Madrid cannot access export-controlled files for the Chinese market. OneLogin ingests real-time data from Airbus’s Global Trade Compliance engine. Ticket storms
OneLogin introduced for white-collar staff. A VP can now approve an expense report from an iPad while taxiing on the tarmac, using biometrics (FaceID) as the MFA factor, without ever plugging in a physical dongle.
If a user logs in from a VPN endpoint in a sanctioned country, or tries to access a part number restricted under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), OneLogin doesn't just block them—it triggers a SIEM alert to the Cyber Defense Center in Newport Beach. For the first decade of the 21st century, Airbus employees played "Badge Bingo." Desks were covered with smart cards for different buildings and RSA token fobs for different servers. HR had to terminate and recreate profiles, leading
Enter —the company’s ambitious, cloud-first answer to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) challenge. But this isn't just about replacing a password manager. This is about the digital transformation of European aerospace.
