As a prolific game developer and publisher with six studios across four countries, SEGA Europe needed greater visibility into vulnerabilities existing across its network and more granular control over application traffic to mitigate exposure to malware and other cyber exploits. This article describes how Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform helps SEGA Europe serve its
Federal agencies face a conundrum: They are the targets of relentless cyberattacks yet lack enough skilled personnel to combat them. State-affiliated actors, responsible for more than half of public administration data breaches1 combine never-before-seen malware with other techniques to infiltrate agencies and steal data or disrupt operations. With many thousands of new threats created every day,2
Last year, three-quarters of the U.S. federal government’s IT budget were spent on supporting and maintaining legacy systems. Combined with the Cloud Smart strategy, agencies have more reasons than ever to consider cloud alternatives to on-premise applications, services and storage. Cybersecurity is one cloud service that can make a big impact. Like other services from
Lindsey Sanford is the Global Employer Brand Program Manager at Palo Alto Networks. She lives in Reno, Nevada, and has been a Girl Scout Troop leader for two years. Her Girl Scouts have earned all three Daisy cybersecurity badges, and are pursuing badges in engineering and programming. In the mid-60s to late 70s, 4,807
Since the beginning of modern computing, security has largely been divorced from software development. Recent vulnerability research confirms this. Consider that over the past five years, out of all published vulnerabilities, 76% were from applications. Given this radical shift in attacker focus, it’s time to embed security with development. The best way to get this
Palo Alto Networks survey data shows that SOC analysts are only able to handle 14% of alerts generated by security tools. When you consider IDC data showing that most alerts are false positives,[1] the results are predictable: Alerts get ignored, analysts waste time chasing false leads, and actual threats get missed. Beyond initial prevention, most
Allan Kristensen, Sr. Director, Systems Engineering, Public Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Palo Alto Networks Senior Director of Worldwide Public Cloud Security SEs, Allan Kristensen, who brings 15+ years of experience building highly effective solutions engineering (SE) teams. The Palo Alto Networks SE team has firsthand knowledge
We are excited to announce that Palo Alto Networks has achieved the highest Security Effectiveness score among all twelve products included in this year’s NSS Labs NGFW group test. Our NGFW blocked 100% of evasions, and it earned a “Recommended” rating. Highlights from our test results include: Highest Security Effectiveness score 100% evasions blocked (406
Banking, investment management and FinTech have continually invested in technology upgrades, data analytics and differentiated product offerings in an increasingly competitive and evolving investment landscape. A recent Accenture survey found 90% of banking respondents stating that cloud enables and accelerates innovative adoption. Of those surveyed, 60% say cloud-based entrants will challenge traditional businesses shackled by