Case Study: The Master Group achieves 50% more asset visibility, 62% faster patching, and 69% lower breach risk with Balbix

The Master Group Improves Asset Visibility, Reduces Risk and Speeds Up Patching with Balbix

The Master Group, Canada’s largest independent HVAC/R distributor with over 1,100 employees and more than 5,000 IT assets, was struggling with slow, manual Nessus scans and no clear way to prioritize vulnerabilities or maintain an accurate asset inventory. François Lepage, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Manager, needed continuous, risk‑based vulnerability management, prioritized remediation, and a faster mean time to patch — and selected the Balbix platform to solve these challenges.

Balbix provided an automated, real‑time asset inventory, continuous monitoring, and risk‑based prioritization with customizable dashboards and remediation workflows. As a result, The Master Group identified 50% more assets, cut mean time to patch from 100 days to 38 days (a 62% improvement in patching speed), reduced unpatched vulnerabilities by 77%, and lowered breach risk by 69% in the first six months after deploying Balbix.

The Master Group

François Lepage

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Manager