At the 2026 Executive Partner Summit, Palo Alto Networks President BJ Jenkins made one thing clear: the AI era is the platform era — and above all, the AI era is the partner era. Palo Alto Networks tightly integrates its platforms to work seamlessly together and give customers full end-to-end protection.
But securing the world’s largest organizations requires both advanced AI security technology and the combined power of our ecosystem, spanning resellers, service providers, cloud providers, distributors, and strategic advisors, to drive success at every stage. From initial architecture and deployment to 24/7 managed services, our partners ensure complex environments stay protected at scale.
As organizations navigate unprecedented technological transformation, partners are more critical than ever before in helping our customers modernize by adopting AI-powered platform security.
Anar Desai
North America Channel Sales at Palo Alto Networks
Together, Palo Alto Networks and our partner community are redefining what it means to secure the enterprise. As we continue to deepen our commitment to our partner ecosystem, we're proud to announce the winners of the Palo Alto Networks 2026 North America Partner of the Year Awards.
This year’s award winners have demonstrated exceptional performance, deep expertise, and an unwavering commitment to our joint customers. Together, they reflect what is possible when Palo Alto Networks and our partners align around a shared goal: helping customers secure today while preparing for what’s next.
Congratulations to our:
- North America Cloud Provider of the Year: Amazon Web Services
- North America Distributor of the Year: TD SYNNEX
- North America Managed Security Services Provider of the Year: Norlem
- North America Service Provider of the Year: AT&T Business
- North America Solution Provider of the Year: World Wide Technology
- North America System Integrator Partner of the Year: Deloitte
- North America Frontier AI Partner of the Year: NTT DATA
- North America Idira Advisory Partner of the Year: Accenture
- North America Idira Partner of the Year: Optiv
- North America Network Security Partner of the Year: Sycomp
- North America Prisma AIRS Partner of the Year: Cognizant
- North America SASE Partner of the Year: Trace3
- North America Cortex Partner of the Year: Presidio
- North America Software Firewall Partner of the Year: AHEAD
- North America Commercial Select Partner of the Year: GuidePoint Security
- North America Federal Growth Partner of the Year: Vibrint
- North America Federal Partner of the Year: ThunderCat Technology
- North America Growth Partner of the Year: Insight Enterprises
- North America Small-Medium Business Partner of the Year: CDW
- North America State, Local & Education Partner of the Year: NWN
- Canada Partner of the Year: Kyndryl
Building a more secure future, together.
Our awards honor a shared commitment to customers. Our partners bring their expertise, capabilities and perspective to the table, and that collaboration helps turn our technology into outcomes.
For our partners, this award celebrates the shared effort that keeps our customers safer every single day. As trusted advisors, they bring the strategic guidance and domain experience clients rely on to navigate an ever-changing threat landscape. Together, we help customers turn complex security challenges into lasting confidence and trust.
To our 2026 North America partner award winners: thank you for your relentless commitment to protecting our customers and setting the standard for excellence across our ecosystem. We look forward to deepening our alignment and driving the next wave of platform innovation together.
Join us in securing the frontier and protecting our digital world. Learn more about our Palo Alto Networks Partner Program and how to become a partner today.