Palo Alto Networks stories

Luisa Genovese, who is the Consulting Director at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, joins us today to tell us more about Palo Alto Networks and her thoughts on the threats that cloud environments are facing.

While attacks on diplomatic organisations are common, Cloaked Ursa focuses on the diplomats themselves more than the countries they represent, Unit 42 finds.

Palo Alto Networks introduced the CI/CD Security module to provide integrated software delivery pipeline security as part of our code-to-cloud capabilities in Prisma Cloud's CNAPP platform.

Riccardo Galbiati, who is the CTO for ANZ at Palo Alto Networks, joins us today to tell us more about Palo Alto Networks and their approach to cloud security.

Today's reality is businesses need everyone in leadership roles to not only acknowledge the evolving threat landscape but also have awareness and willingness to act on cyber risk.

"We need innovative problem solvers able to bring their unique skills to the table and disrupt the security status quo."

With the rate of vulnerability exploitation showing no sign of slowing down up from 147,000 attempts in 2021 to 228,000 in 2022.

The strategic relationship brings together Palo Alto Networks' security technologies with Ingram Micro's extensive network of resellers and partners.

With heightened demand for cybersecurity solutions across Australia and New Zealand, the agreement will add the full range of Palo Alto Networks solutions.

"We must educate ourselves and stay informed about the tactics scammers employ to protect ourselves and our sensitive information."

The 2023 report shares insights compiled based on findings from Unit 42's incident response work from approximately 1,000 cases throughout the past 18 months.

56% of Kiwis surveyed said they are worried about a similar attack to the one that breached the Pinnacle Midlands Health Network in September 2022.

The latest research by Palo Alto Networks and Savanta indicates that most Australians need more confidence in Australia's cyber security capabilities.

As healthcare providers increasingly use digital devices, the security of those devices is as important as their primary function. 

"Vodafone is committed to partnering with the best, like Palo Alto Networks, so our business customers can focus on delivering amazing outcomes for everyday NZers."

New innovations in PrismaSASE that enable customers to identify and remediate misconfigurations in SaaS apps using SSPM capabilities.

Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response is a new service that can offer continuous 24/7 threat detection, investigation and response.

"Ransomware attackers are also becoming more organised [...] as they engage with cyber criminals and the victimised organisations."

The heavy use of software vulnerabilities matches the opportunistic behaviour of threat actors who scour the internet for vulnerabilities and weak points.

"We provide help protect all forms of compute, cloud native services and access to data within public and private sectors."

Latest Prisma Cloud platform updates help organisations continuously monitor and secure web applications with maximum flexibility.

Palo Alto Networks was recognised for helping organisations rapidly transform security operations for future success.

A long-standing collaboration between the two global cybersecurity experts, Thales and Palo Alto Networks, is designed help support widespread cloud migration.

Palo Alto Networks is urging the industry to move to Zero Trust Network Access 2.0 because previous versions have major gaps in security protection.