Case Study: TRI-AD achieves prevention-first cybersecurity and regulatory compliance with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform

Benefits Administrator Outmaneuvers Cyber Risks With Prevention-First Security Strategy

TRI-AD is a privately owned employee benefits administrator serving employers since 1974, handling highly sensitive personal, financial and health data and subject to strict regulations like HIPAA and ERISA. Facing increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats and the risk of data exfiltration, TRI-AD needed to replace a fragmented stack of firewalls, VPNs and antivirus tools with a simpler, more effective security posture.

TRI-AD deployed the Palo Alto Networks Next‑Generation Security Platform—including App‑ID, GlobalProtect, Traps, WildFire and centralized threat prevention—to extend preventive security from the network edge to remote users and endpoints. The integrated solution reduced complexity and interoperability issues, strengthened client-portal protections with application-aware policies, improved remote access performance and reliability, and increased uptime by preventing known and unknown threats.

TRI-AD

Doug Calapan

Director of IT Operations