High-growth Delivery Startup Glovo Boosts Password Security and Compliance with Bitwarden
Operating in 25 countries at a current valuation of nearly $ 1billion , Glovo is one of Europe ’ s fastest growing startups . Based in Spain , Glovo delivers restaurant takeout orders , groceries , pharmacy , and other products to + 4.3 million urban users . The company aims to place in a leaderboard of the “ quick-commerce ” market in Europe with its convenient ordering app and ultra-rapid delivery times of less than an hour . In the past year , Glovo more than doubled its employee count to more than 3000 .
When Alexander Antukh joined Glovo as its director of security , some employees used personal password managers while most used nothing at all . Weak passwords were frequent and people shared them among teams , often through the company ’ s messaging platforms .
“ Passwords were almost useless ,” said Antukh . “ Yes , there is a password but if everybody knows it , or you can easily find that in the password lists through brute force , then it ’ s not very good protection .”
The security team began requiring more complex passwords , but a new challenge emerged . Because the complex passwords were harder to remember , people wrote them down or stored them on their computers , which undermined the point of creating a strong password .
Antukh was already a Bitwarden user prior to joining Glovo . He was especially drawn to the transparency and third-party security audits inherent in an open source solution .
At Glovo , Antukh made a pitch for Bitwarden . He touted the solution ’ s end-to-end encryption and cross-platform accessibility that let users access Bitwarden from any device . He spoke of flexible integration capabilities that make it easy to add on tools such as two-factor authentication or single sign-on ( SSO ). And he showed how Bitwarden would simplify security audits and compliance with detailed event logs , as well as increase employee productivity .
Bitwarden is a vital solution within the Glovo security ecosystem . Antukh looks forward to further strengthening the company ’ s data protection .
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