Palo Alto Networks News of the Week: November 18, 2017

Did you miss any of this week’s Palo Alto Networks action? Don’t worry – we’ve rounded up our top news and views right here:

• Unit 42 shared new research:
  • Muddying the Water: Targeted Attacks in the Middle East
• We kicked off our 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions and Recommendations series with these two posts for the financial services and healthcare industries:
  • 2018 Predictions & Recommendations: Cyber Hygiene for Financial Institutions Found Non-Compliant with SWIFT Mandatory Security Controls
  • 2018 Predictions & Recommendations: Advances in Machine Learning Will Improve Both Patient Care and Cybersecurity
• Our engineers shared how they used Elasticsearch and MongoDB to enhance Palo Alto Networks Aperture.
• This week’s threat brief discussed why ransomware hurts so much and is so hard to stop and how Traps advanced endpoint protection from Palo Alto Networks can help.
• Mansur Hasib reviewed “Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World” for the Cybersecurity Canon.
• We explored the human factors behind cybersecurity and how, at its core, cybersecurity can be seen as a human issue rather than a technical problem.
• We examined Japan’s new cybersecurity priorities and how they are structured for success.
• Palo Alto Networks employees came together to send special-ops teddy bears to U.S. military active duty families.
• David Mundhenk and Ben Rothke examined the importance of doing multifactor authentication the PCI way.

Take a look at upcoming events around the world that you should know about. Don’t forget to register for our events calendar.

Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Next Generation Firewall

• November 20, 2017
• Online

Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Advanced Endpoint Protection

• November 21, 2017
• Online

Palo Alto Networks VM series on Azure Partner Hands on Session

• November 22, 2017
• Calgary, Canada

Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Migration Process

• November 22, 2017
• Online

Proving the business value of Traps: Forrester webinar

• November 30, 2017
• Online

Looking to meet up with other Palo Alto Networks users? Check out Fuel, the Palo Alto Networks User Group, for opportunities to attend hands-on workshops, events and more!