Case Study: Cordis achieves 40% security-stack savings and rapid threat protection with Palo Alto Networks

Cordis deploys cyber transformation, protecting patient data and blocking emerging threats

Cordis, a 60-year pioneer in medical devices with operations in 70 countries, needed to rebuild its security framework quickly as it separated from its former parent and scaled a distributed, hybrid workforce. The company required solutions that would be compliant with healthcare standards (FDA, NIST), fully functional within six months, and able to secure a diverse on‑premises and multicloud environment while easing the burden on a small IT team.

Cordis selected the Palo Alto Networks unified platform—including Next‑Generation Firewalls, Prisma SASE and Cloud, Cortex XDR, and Unit 42 services—to gain end‑to‑end visibility and consistent enforcement across its estate. The deployment secured remote workers, blocked 500,000 threats in 30 days, and enabled Unit 42 to identify a potential vulnerability in under 24 hours, delivering a scalable, modern security posture and projected savings of over 40% across the full security stack over three years.

Cordis

Robert Wines

Chief Information Security Officer