BlueLinx Scales Security and Eliminates Blind Spots with Axonius

BlueLinx is a leading distributor of building products in the U.S., serving thousands of employees across a wide network of facilities. Its business model depends on operational efficiency, supply chain resilience, and customer trust. Behind the scenes, that means a sprawling IT environment with thousands of devices, user accounts, and applications.

In such a dynamic environment, the BlueLinx security team faced a common but critical challenge: how to maintain visibility and control when assets and identities are constantly shifting.

Before Axonius, this meant relying on spreadsheets, manual reviews, and siloed tools; an approach that left gaps.

• Data silos created blind spots between teams and tools.

• Manual processes consumed valuable hours that could have been spent on strategic work.

• Reactive firefighting kept the team busy but not necessarily secure.

“Relying on spreadsheets and teams of people just wasn’t sustainable. We had too many blindspots” - Matt, CISO at BlueLinx

For a company of BlueLinx’s scale, the need for a single source of truth in security became non-negotiable.

The industry is shifting: organizations that stay reactive are falling behind. Attackers exploit blind spots and misconfigurations faster than manual teams can react. For Matt and his team, adopting Axonius was part of a broader philosophy - moving from reactive to proactive security.

The journey began with Cyber Asset Management, but the vision was larger:

• Cyber Assets: Establish foundational visibility of all devices and accounts.

• Software: Gain a complete inventory of applications in use, reduce license waste, and track end-of-life or unapproved tools.

• Exposures: Go deeper, surfacing vulnerabilities, risky configurations, and gaps in coverage.

• Identities: Correlate users with accounts, entitlements, and risky privileges.

This layered approach mirrors the industry’s shift from point solutions to integrated security platforms. BlueLinx embraced this evolution early, ensuring that as its business grew, its security practices could scale too.

With Axonius, BlueLinx was able to replace spreadsheet chaos with structured, automated workflows. The impact went beyond time savings: it fundamentally changed how security and IT teams operated.

Key transformations included:

• Asset Visibility: Unified view across thousands of devices, software, and accounts.

• Identity Correlation: Detecting mismatches between users and entitlements, uncovering dormant or risky accounts.

• Exposure Management: Automating the identification of unpatched software, unsupported versions, and misconfigured systems.

• Automation: Hundreds of enforcement actions now trigger automatically; from disabling stale accounts to alerting on missing EDR coverage.

Instead of waiting weeks for manual review cycles, the BlueLinx SOC now acts in real time.“Automation was the game-changer. We replaced disjointed, manual work with connected, repeatable workflows.” - Matt, CISO at BlueLinx

The results go beyond technical wins , they enable BlueLinx to operate more efficiently as a business.

• Time Savings: Manual audits and reviews that once consumed weeks now take minutes.

• Risk Reduction: Hidden accounts, vulnerable software, and entitlement mismatches are surfaced and remediated quickly.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: IT, compliance, and security teams now share a single source of truth, reducing friction and accelerating decision-making.

• Strategic Focus: Security engineers spend more time on forward-looking projects instead of repetitive cleanup.

This is the essence of modern cyber asset management: freeing people from manual work so they can focus on business-critical initiatives.

BlueLinx has been an Axonius customer for more than four years, and continues to renew and expand. For Matt, the reason is clear: both the product and the partnership deliver.

“What gives us confidence to keep renewing is simple: the results. Axonius has become part of how we run security.”  - Matt, CISO at BlueLinx

For CISOs still hesitant about adopting a cyber asset and identity platform, Matt’s message is straightforward:

“If you’re still flying blind, you’re putting your business at risk. Axonius gives you the visibility and automation you need to stop guessing and start acting.”