Case Study: Oldcastle APG accelerates M&A and secures operations with Palo Alto Networks

Oldcastle APG secures 60 facilities and cuts site onboarding to under 2 days with Palo Alto Networks

Oldcastle APG, a CRH company supplying building materials, faced significant network security and operational challenges that hindered its mergers and acquisitions growth. Their legacy solution caused a multi-day outage that halted plant operations and created severe security gaps, especially for operational technology on the factory floor that could not be protected with traditional agents. These technical limitations and operational bottlenecks prompted them to partner with Palo Alto Networks for a new solution.

Palo Alto Networks implemented its Prisma SASE platform, which included Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access, to unify networking and security. This solution secured remote users and accelerated the onboarding of new facilities from weeks to under two days. The measurable results included protecting 60 facilities with Next-Generation Firewalls and consolidating four management dashboards into a single view. Palo Alto Networks also provided OT Device Security to automatically discover and monitor factory floor assets without disrupting operations, ensuring critical production lines remained secure.

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