Case Study: Grupo Bimbo achieves uninterrupted global supply-chain protection and rapid threat response with Palo Alto Networks

Grupo Bimbo protects its global connected supply chain with Palo Alto Networks

Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baker with operations across 35 countries and more than 200 plants, faced a growing cybersecurity challenge: a patchwork of legacy, siloed tools that increased risk, complicated M&A integrations, and left thousands of IoT/OT devices vulnerable—any outage could disrupt a global supply chain serving millions daily.

Grupo Bimbo standardized on a connected Palo Alto Networks platform—NGFWs with IoT/OT security, Prisma SASE/Access, Cortex XDR/XSOAR, Prisma Cloud, Xpanse, WildFire and Unit 42 services—bringing AI-driven detection, automated response, and Zero Trust for OT. Results include $100,000 monthly connectivity savings in Colombia, mean time to resolution cut from days to one hour, BlackCat stopped within hours, protection for ~40,000 endpoints and uninterrupted bakery production, and insurers doubling coverage without raising premiums.

Grupo Bimbo

Erwin Campos

Chief Information Security Officer