Case Study: The Weitz Company achieves consistent enterprise-wide network and endpoint security, eliminates malware incidents and saves $200K+ with Palo Alto Networks

Leading Commercial Contractor Delivers Consistent Network and Endpoint Security Across Data Center, Branches and Modular Jobsite Mini-Clouds

The Weitz Company, a national design, engineering and construction firm with widely distributed offices and short‑term modular jobsites, faced mounting security and connectivity challenges: an aging managed firewall, MPLS bandwidth constraints as more work moved to SaaS, deteriorating visibility when branches broke out to the internet, and weekly ransomware infections on endpoints that drained IT resources.

Weitz deployed the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform—next‑generation PA‑3050 and PA‑220 firewalls, VM‑50 virtual firewalls for “jobsite‑in‑a‑box” deployments, Traps endpoint protection, Panorama management and WildFire threat analysis—consolidating network and endpoint security. The solution eliminated separate antivirus and content‑filtering tools, enabled consistent, centrally managed policies across data center, branches and jobsites, delivered more than $200,000 in projected five‑year savings, and reduced malware incidents from one or more per week to zero while freeing service‑desk time.

The Weitz Company

Owen Fuller

System Administrator