The Challenge
A fintech platform serves more than 1,000 financial institutions, offering AI-enhanced solutions to meet the needs of credit unions and major banks alike. Digital security standards are understandably high in the world of finance, and the client needed a system that would meet expectations for gold-standard network security practices and guard against the risk of reputational damage. Basic asks included end-to-end network security for its diverse device fleet and network infrastructure encompassing both wired and wireless access.
The device fleet spanned three management platforms: Jamf for macOS, Intune for Windows, and Active Directory for legacy domain-joined systems. The company runs OneLogin as its primary identity provider with Active Directory as a secondary source. Meraki handles the network infrastructure.
The client needed 802.1X authentication for both wired and wireless networks, including both Wi-Fi, and physical hardware such as switch ports. Some devices did not support certificates at all, requiring a separate MAC address registration path for non-802.1X endpoints.
The Solution
The client deployed the JoinNow Platform in 2020, giving them full certificate-based 802.1X authentication backed by Cloud RADIUS. Certificates distribute through Jamf for macOS, Intune for Windows, and Active Directory for domain-joined legacy systems. Meraki supports both wired and wireless 802.1X authentication, with Cloud RADIUS handling all certificate validation requests.
OneLogin integration ties certificate issuance and authentication decisions to the company’s centralized identity platform. JoinNow NetAuth handles MAC address registration for devices such as conference room equipment that cannot run 802.1X supplicants, ensuring secure, passwordless network authentication extends to every endpoint, regardless of role.
Over five years, the deployment has continued to expand, recently growing to 2,800 devices secured by passwordless network authentication.
The Results
- Access control for 2,800 total devices – 2,300 through certificate-based authentication plus 500 on NetAuth for MAC registration
- Wired and wireless 802.1X deployed across the full Meraki network infrastructure
- Multi-MDM integration operational across Jamf, Intune, and Active Directory for complete device coverage
SecureW2 provided network security solutions that grow alongside workforce and device count, scaling seamlessly while providing continuous trust. This fintech platform can meet the needs of its varied client base while ensuring their own network remains secure, with every device attested and fully authenticated.