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title: "UserLock MFA Meets Airbus Tier 1 Security Requirements"
description: "An Airbus Tier 1 supplier chose UserLock's MFA to comply with the security requirements of the aerospace giant."
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# UserLock MFA meets Airbus Tier 1 supplier's security requirements

_An Airbus Tier 1 supplier chose UserLock's multi-factor authentication (MFA) to comply with the security requirements of the aerospace giant._

**Mazères Aero is a family-owned company with 70 employees in Toulouse, France, and is recognized as a specialist in the integration and maintenance of aircraft landing gear equipment.

The company is also one of the few SMEs to be considered a Tier 1 supplier to Airbus. As a supplier to the European aerospace giant, the company has very high cybersecurity requirements and has been working since 2017 with BoostAeroSpace, the consortium that set up the AirCyber program which aims to promote and advance cybersecurity among Tier 1 suppliers.
**

> "As a Tier 1 supplier to Airbus, we have very high security requirements. So I chose UserLock and FileAudit to help me manage my network security."
> 
> — Laurent Riethmuller 

## Securing network access and monitoring access to sensitive files

During the 2020 lockdown and the shift to remote work, Laurent Riethmuller, the IT security systems manager, was looking to implement a [multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/userlock/multi-factor-authentication-mfa-active-directory.htm) to protect the network and sensitive data from unwanted and unauthorized access.

Riethmuller was looking for a solution to control concurrent sessions, to stop end users from sharing login and password information.

Access to confidential documents was also a concern for Mazères Aero. Operating in an ultra-competitive environment, the IT team and management must ensure that only authorized individuals can access sensitive documents.

In addition, because of its status as a Tier 1 provider, the company must commit to a very high level of cybersecurity, being aware of everything that happens on the network and files.

## Implementing simple but effective access protection and monitoring

Riethmuller first discovered IS Decisions through [FileAudit](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/fileaudit/). Riethmuller appreciated how FileAudit allowed him to monitor sensitive files and folders and to track who does what, when, and on which file. After testing and purchasing FileAudit, he received a free trial of [UserLock](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/userlock/).

He quickly discovered how UserLock allowed him to easily and efficiently secure Active Directory identities across on-site, remote, or SaaS access thanks to its [Active Directory MFA](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/userlock/multi-factor-authentication-mfa-active-directory.htm). UserLock MFA puts an extra layer of security on identity verification, checking that users are who they say they are. UserLock allows IT admins to choose to enable up to two second factors for end users:  [push notifications](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/userlock/two-factor-push-notification/),  authentication applications, or programmable software tokens such as Token2 or Yubikey.

UserLock also allows contextual restrictions to be applied to a user or a group of users, thus blocking all connections that do not meet these conditions. Thanks to this feature, Riethmuller set up access restrictions based on the number of simultaneous connections. He liked how UserLock also allows administrators to close a session remotely.

Deployment of both solutions was done during the pandemic, and Reithmuller was able to simply and easily deploy remotely.

## Achieving a higher level of protection with UserLock and FileAudit

The company now uses UserLock and FileAudit to secure Active Directory identity access to the network and to sensitive data in accordance with Airbus’s strict security requirements.

In addition to securing access with MFA, the solution also meets Riethmuller’s other requirements, since it offers Wake-on-LAN functionalities as well as simultaneous session controls.

With FileAudit, the IT team can carefully monitor the most sensitive files, and grant rights according to need to know, along with simplifying auditing and reporting.

> "UserLock and FileAudit are simple, affordable, and intuitive solutions, and we are fully satisfied with their ease of use".
>
> — Laurent Riethmuller, Process Improvement & IT Systems Leader