Case Study: Ascot Group achieves reduced risk, better network performance and faster office deployments with Palo Alto Networks

Ascot Group reduces risk and ramps up security with Palo Alto Networks

Ascot Group, a specialty insurer operating in the U.S., U.K., and Bermuda, struggled with fragmented legacy security tools that hindered its move to Azure and Zero Trust principles. The lack of visibility and consistent controls led to poor network performance, frequent service-desk tickets, and slow onboarding of new offices and acquisitions, putting customer PII and regulatory compliance at risk.

Ascot partnered with Palo Alto Networks (deployed with Squadra Solutions) to implement a unified security platform—PA/VM firewalls, Prisma Access, and Prisma Cloud—managed from a single console to standardize policy, improve access, and enforce compliance. The deployment blocked 200,000 threats in 30 days, cut service-desk calls through better network performance, and reduced new-office deployment time from 209K hours to days, enabling faster M&A integration.

Ascot Group

Ricky Wilcox

Senior Vice President of Infrastructure, Operations, and Services