Case Study: SESAC Music Group achieves 90% faster data transfers and Always On Zero Trust connectivity with Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

SESAC Music Group strikes the right chord with Always On connectivity for a global workforce

SESAC Music Group is a decades‑old performing rights organization that licenses and distributes copyrighted music for more than one million songs and thousands of artists worldwide. With offices across the US, Europe, and a large development team in India, SESAC needed to modernize its security and networking as it moved to a cloud‑first model: its aging VPN caused latency, poor remote user experience, repeated connect/disconnects, and limited visibility, while the company sought to adopt Zero Trust and a SASE framework to better protect sensitive data.

SESAC deployed Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access as an Always‑On, cloud‑delivered security platform to provide Zero Trust Network Access, centralized policy enforcement, and greater segmentation. The solution cut data transfer times by 90% (from ~10 minutes to ~1 minute), eliminated VPN hassles for users, improved productivity and visibility, supported rapid deployment in under two months, and enabled secure tenant isolation for acquisitions—allowing SESAC to scale, close a traditional data center, and operate more efficiently.

SESAC Music Group

Eric Crepeau

Director of Shared Services Infrastructure