Case Study: Par Pacific cuts mean time to patch by 50% and simplifies cybersecurity with Balbix

Par Pacific Reduces Cybersecurity Complexity, Cuts Mean Time To Patch by Half

Par Pacific, led on this initiative by IT Director Justin Le, was struggling with a complex vulnerability management tool that required scheduling many disparate scans, delayed data collection, and left the team unable to quickly validate patches or proactively prioritize fixes. The lack of continuous, risk-based visibility across their ~3,000 assets in 10 locations kept them in a reactive posture and drove the need for a simpler, enterprise-wide solution from Balbix.

Balbix’s Security Cloud gave Par Pacific a single, near–real-time dashboard with a comprehensive asset inventory, continuous assessments, risk-based vulnerability prioritization, owner assignment and remediation workflows, and quantifiable dollar risk. Using Balbix, the team gained visibility (including previously unreported IoT devices), simplified board reporting, and cut mean time to patch from 104 days to 50 days—roughly a 50% reduction—while streamlining ongoing vulnerability management.

Par Pacific

Justin Le

IT Director