Case Study: Jefferies Group LLC achieves secure, seamless remote work with Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Global investment banking firm blazes new trail to remote work with complete cloud-delivered security

Jefferies, a global investment banking firm with 4,000+ employees in 30 offices, faced rising complexity and risk from a hybrid cloud/on-premises environment. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a shift to remote work while employees handled highly sensitive client data, creating an urgent need for centralized policy control, stronger data loss prevention, and seamless secure access for a distributed workforce.

Jefferies deployed Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, a cloud-delivered SASE platform, to unify policy management and securely connect its global workforce, branches, and data centers. The rollout halved security policy management time, provided 100+ global connection points, increased internet speed and reduced latency for SaaS apps, strengthened edge DLP, and enabled a consistent, scalable remote/hybrid work experience.

Jefferies Group LLC

Jerry Kowalski

Managing Director, America’s Chief Information Security Officer