Category: Palo Alto Networks

Entsorgung Recycling Zurich (ERZ) recycles waste for the city of Zurich, Switzerland, to the tune of 30,000 bags of trash each day, plus cleaning public spaces and wastewater. Responsible for providing critical basic infrastructure services 24/7, ERZ turned to Palo Alto Networks for advanced endpoint security that didn’t require additional resources.

“We’re always looking for new solutions that can automate work and threat prevention, which were taking us a half day of work to manage,” says Julio Lorenzo, Leader, Group Field Infrastructure for ERZ. That meant no recycled solutions: ERZ chose Palo Alto Networks Traps for endpoint security because “we don’t have to babysit and update Traps constantly, and it would still prevent unknown attacks.”

Combined with WildFire to proactively identify and block unknown malware, Zero-Day exploits, and Advanced Persistent Threats, ERZ has both improved overall security and reduced IT administrative burdens. According to Lorenzo, ERZ now has far fewer administrative expenses and a “new level of protection and prevention against unknown and known threats.”

I invite you to read the ERZ case study (in English or German) to learn how ERZ improved security, reduced IT management burdens, and lowered CPU utilization with Palo Alto Networks.

Rae Harrison

[Palo Alto Networks Blog]

Today we are very excited to announce the availability of Aperture, a new SaaS security offering based on technology we acquired from CirroSecure in May 2015. As the latest enhancement to the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform, Aperture helps organizations safely enable sanctioned SaaS applications, such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Salesforce.com.

Data residing within enterprise-enabled SaaS applications is not visible to an organization’s network perimeter. Aperture can connect directly to sanctioned SaaS applications to provide data classification, sharing/permission visibility, and threat detection within the application. This provides unparalleled visibility into these applications, allowing organizations to inspect content for data risk violations, and control access to shared data via a contextual policy.

Aperture builds upon the existing SaaS visibility and granular control capabilities of the Next-Generation Security Platform provided through App-ID^TM with detailed SaaS-based reporting and granular control of SaaS access. Adding visibility and control within the SaaS applications using Aperture provides a full end-to-end security solution without any additional hardware, software, or network changes required. Thanks to complete visibility across all user, folder and file activity, you’re no longer speculating about what’s happening with these applications. You know exactly what’s happening.

Key features of Aperture include:

• Complete visibility across all user, folder and file activity – Helps organizations transition from a position of speculation to one of knowing what is happening at any given point in time.
• Retroactive analysis and control of data and threat exposure – Enforcement dating back to the creation of the SaaS account itself.
• Deep content inspection and usage analytics – Quickly classify data and determine if there are any data risks or compliance-related policy violations.
• Granular, context-aware policy control – Drive the enforcement and quarantine of folders and data as soon as a violation occurs.
• Advanced threat protection – Block known malware, and identify and block unknown malware.

Take the time to learn more about Aperture and see how it can secure your SaaS applications.

Chris Morosco

[Palo Alto Networks Blog]

A few weeks ago at our annual Sales Kickoff, we recognized five partners as our 2015 Global Partner Award Winners. While at the event, we grabbed some time with these best of the best partners for 2015 and asked them to talk about the value of their partnership with Palo Alto Networks. Here’s what they had to say:

[Palo Alto Networks Blog]

Palo Alto Networks broke ground this week on the site for our new headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

The new office will be able to accommodate more than 5,000 workers, giving us the space we need to keep growing. Our headquarters will be bound by Scott Boulevard, Garrett Drive, Tannery Way and Lakeside Drive and on the south side of Highway 101.

Big things are coming for Palo Alto Networks, and we can’t wait to share more with you.

Take a look at some of the photos from the groundbreaking below.

Chad Berndtson

[Palo Alto Networks Blog]

Last week I spent a few days at VMworld 2015 in San Francisco, California.  If I had to summarize the experience, I would say applications available via the cloud are forever changing how business is done, but what isn’t changing is the critical role security will play in enabling this transformation. I left VMworld more optimistic than ever about the VMware and Palo Alto Networks partnership and the tremendous growth opportunity it represents for you, our valued partners.

VMworld featured video:
Palo Alto Networks on Value of VMware Partnership

The reason for my optimism is simple. Together with VMware we are offering you a solution (VMware NSX platform combined with Palo Alto Networks next-generation security platform) that addresses a real business pain point. This is a challenge that every enterprise customer has today, securing the software defined data center to realize its full efficiency and cost benefits.

The Palo Alto Networks and VMware NSX partnership is ramping up quickly and we are already seeing increased revenue and deal size as well as enhanced margin for those partners selling the combined platform. These partner benefits are driven in large part by an immense professional services opportunity, which both companies understand is critical to your long-term profitability.

If you are interested in learning more about the VMware NSX plus Palo Alto Networks offer we have extensive resources available, including dedicated NSX and Palo Alto Networks next-generation security platform training, NFR licenses and on-demand labs. You can also contact your VMware Partner Business Manager (PBM) or Palo Alto Networks Channel Business Manager (CBM) for more information and to ask if a regional NSX roadshow is coming to a city near you.

Ron Myers,
VP Global Channels

Ron Myers

[Palo Alto Networks Blog]