Case Study: Municipality of Cuenca cuts security incidents with Palo Alto Networks

Municipality of Cuenca cuts network security costs by 65% with Palo Alto Networks

The Municipality of Cuenca, a local government authority in Ecuador, faced significant cybersecurity challenges due to its decentralized and uncoordinated strategy across 24 entities. This approach resulted in poor visibility, high operational complexity, and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks. To defend its public services while reducing cost and complexity, the municipality partnered with vendor Palo Alto Networks to deploy a unified network security platform utilizing their hardware firewalls.

Palo Alto Networks implemented a consolidated security solution across 16 entities, standardizing on PA-Series firewalls. This provided integrated protection, simplified management from a single interface, and accelerated threat prevention. The results were substantial, including a 65% reduction in network security costs, a 30% reduction in security incidents, and a 40% reduction in administration tasks. Palo Alto Networks also enabled a 60% faster mean time to detect and repair threats.