Launchpad for Zero Trust: Aerospace Security Reaches New Heights with PIAM

Security Was Never Meant to Be a Barrier. It Was Meant to Be a Launchpad.

In the world of aerospace, you don’t just protect facilities—you protect flight trajectories, propulsion innovations, and data that shapes national defense. Security is not an afterthought. It’s the architecture behind every mission, every experiment, every breakthrough.

But for years, that security was fragmented. Physical access management was built on legacy systems, clunky hardware, and manual oversight that couldn’t keep up with the pace of innovation.

Then came the pivot—Zero Trust. A philosophy that changed everything.

And in aerospace, where compromise is never an option, this philosophy found its platform in Soloinsight’s CloudGate PIAM—not just to enforce trust, but to remove the very need for it.

Because when every identity is verified, every device is authorized, and every movement is logged in real time, you don’t need to trust. You just need to know.

The Problem with “Trusted” Identities

In many aerospace operations, trust is inherited. A badge is issued. An approval is granted. And from that point on, the system trusts you—sometimes forever.

But aerospace doesn’t operate in a static world. People move between projects. Contractors cycle in and out. Roles evolve.

And when your access system isn’t dynamic, that trust becomes a liability.

One expired badge. One misconfigured clearance. One forgotten contractor. That’s all it takes for the wrong person to walk into a classified area.

Zero Trust demands constant verification. And CloudGate delivers it—not as policy, but as infrastructure.

From Static Access to Dynamic Identity

CloudGate redefines how aerospace leaders think about identity.

• Employees are no longer “granted” access indefinitely.

• Contractors are no longer treated as exceptions.

• Devices, roles, training, and behaviors all come together to create a living access profile.

Access is granted not based on who you were—but on who you are right now, with real-time signals and context leading the way.

Example: A propulsion engineer loses clearance for a specific clean room once their assignment ends—automatically, without a phone call or email chain.

That’s not just automation. That’s assurance.

And in a field where sensitive components, high-voltage test environments, and confidential R&D converge, assurance is the new security.

Biometric Entry That Thinks for Itself

Traditional security systems wait. They wait for you to present a badge or enter a code. They rely on intent.

But intent is fallible. What if the wrong person has the right badge? What if a tailgater slips through the door?

CloudGate’s TRA Face ID doesn’t wait.

• It verifies the person. Not the plastic.

• It learns and adapts to new lighting, facial changes, and access conditions.

• It prevents spoofing with liveness detection that can’t be fooled by photos or deepfakes.

When implemented at an aerospace engine assembly facility, TRA Face ID reduced tailgating and badge swapping by over 90% within the first month.

Because the system doesn’t care what you carry. It only responds to who you are.

Mobile Wallet Credentials That Adapt in Real Time

Zero Trust thrives on change. That’s why wallet-based credentials became an essential part of this aerospace transformation.

CloudGate enabled every identity to be:

• Issued securely as a mobile credential

• Linked to a centralized identity profile

• Revoked or updated in seconds across facilities

An executive moving between manufacturing floors in different states? Their access updates with the meeting schedule. A subcontractor working on a 48-hour payload review window? Their credentials expire at 12:01 a.m. with zero intervention.

That’s not just agility. It’s precision identity orchestration.

The Contractor Equation: Solved with Zero Trust Logic

Aerospace programs often involve hundreds—sometimes thousands—of rotating contractors. Whether it’s a mission-critical satellite integration project or a modular avionics test cycle, every temporary contributor represents potential risk.

In the legacy model:

• Credentials outlived the contract.

• Background checks were sporadic.

• Access revocation was reactive.

With CloudGate’s Contractor Compliance Management, everything changed.

• Contractors self-enroll before arriving.

• Their documentation is reviewed in real time.

• Training requirements, background checks, and clearance policies are enforced automatically.

• And most importantly, no access is granted unless every rule is met.

At one aerospace research division, this eliminated 100% of expired contractor badge incidents and cut onboarding time by 72%.

Unified Monitoring for a Decentralized Enterprise

Most aerospace security systems evolved in silos—each lab, testbed, or launch prep facility building its own rules and infrastructure.

CloudGate brought everything under one pane of glass.

• Live dashboards monitoring every facility, every door, every credential

• Context-aware alerts triggered by anomalies in behavior or location

• Access heatmaps to detect overcrowding or bottlenecks in real-time

This gave leadership something they’d never had before: complete situational awareness, from administrative offices to flight hardware bays.

When Zero Trust Becomes Culture

Security isn’t just about tools. It’s about mindset.

CloudGate enabled this aerospace organization to create a culture of accountability and continuous verification. And the results weren’t just technical—they were cultural.

• Engineers embraced the speed of mobile access

• Security teams trusted biometric accuracy over human guesswork

• Executives gained a new level of confidence in audit readiness

With Zero Trust embedded into workflows, access control became invisible, and people became unstoppable.

The Data That Changed Everything

Within six months of CloudGate deployment:

• Credential revocation times fell from 3 hours to under 10 seconds

• Tailgating and piggybacking attempts dropped by 93%

• Audit prep time went from 3 weeks to 3 hours

• Unauthorized contractor access fell to zero

But here’s the most transformative result: Security no longer slowed down the mission. It accelerated it.

Looking to the Future: The Aerospace Security

CloudGate is not just a system. It’s the seed of a future where identity becomes infrastructure.

• Imagine digital twins of secure rooms that simulate insider breaches before they happen

• AI algorithms dynamically adjusting access based on real-time mission telemetry

• Quantum-resilient cryptographic credentials stored in secure blockchain registries

• Spaceport-level access managed from Earth-based control hubs, fully synced

Aerospace doesn’t just need Zero Trust at the door. It needs Zero Doubt across the enterprise.

That future has already begun.

Conclusion: The End of Trust as We Know It

Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” In aerospace, following old models of access control leads to failure. The leaders? They’re embracing Zero Trust. Not just in software—but at the door.

Soloinsight’s CloudGate PIAM platform gave one of the most security-sensitive industries on Earth a new launchpad. Not with bigger walls—but with smarter systems. Not with more checkpoints—but with fewer assumptions.

This is identity as it was always meant to be: adaptive, intelligent, and built to move at the speed of innovation.

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Ready to launch a Zero Trust physical access strategy that lifts your organization to the next tier of intelligence, precision, and speed?

Contact Soloinsight today to schedule a personalized demo of the CloudGate PIAM platform. See how you can eliminate human error, enforce compliance, and unify identity across every mission-critical layer of your operation.

Let’s build what’s next—together.

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