Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – May 21

It’s the weekend! Take some time to check out our top news from this past week.

Mihoko Matsubara, CSO Japan, Palo Alto Networks K.K. shared key takeaways from the G7 ICT Multi-Stakeholders Conference in Japan.

Global Head of Channel Operations Melissa Nacerino and Director, Americas Channel Marketing Kandyce Tripp were honored in CRN's 2016 Women of the Channel and Power 100 lists.

How do you gain control of SaaS usage in your organization? Anuj Sawani identified six of the biggest challenges in securing SaaS applications.

Matt Keil highlighted that VM-Series virtualized next-generation firewall deployed in AWS GovCloud can securely enable “Cloud First” for government agencies.

Read up on best practices from Pamela Warren for preventing a potential ransomware attack in government networks, and hot cybersecurity topics for financial institutions from the FS-ISAC Summit from Lawrence Chin.

You can download a copy of our new “Network Security Management for Dummies” book.

In the latest Customer Spotlight, CAME Group saves over $2.5 million with consolidated, preventive network and endpoint security.

“People of Palo Alto Networks” celebrates the employees who preserve our unique culture of innovation and collaboration. This month we highlighted Chuck Konrad, Director of Global Technical Recruiting and Veterans Program.

Register for upcoming Spark User Summits from Fuel User Group and hear from subject matter experts on PAN-OS 7.1, latest threat intelligence updates,
virtualization and more.

• New York, May 24
• Toronto, 9 June
• London, 23 June
• Southern California, July 7

Here are upcoming events around the world that you should know about:

Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW

• May 23, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00
• Online Event

Lunch & Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur Rätt Perspektiv

• May 24, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET
• Malmo

NextWave Partner Up

• May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT+4:00
• Abu Dhabi

NextWave Partner Up

• May 24, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET
• Prague

NextWave Partner Up

• May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT +2:00
• Tel Aviv-Yafo

NextWave Partner Up

• May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM EET
• Johannesburg

Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Advanced Endpoint Protection

• May 24, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00
• Online Event

Advanced Endpoint Protection, A Traps Tutorial

• May 25, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
• Online Event

NextWave Partner Up

• May 25, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET
• Bratislava

NextWave Partner Up

• May 25, 2016 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET
• Brussels

NextWave Partner Up

• May 25, 2016 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM CET
• Sorum

Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW

• May 25, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00
• Online Event

Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Threat Prevention May 25, 2016

• May 25, 2016 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT+8:00
• Online Event

Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo

• May 25, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
• Online Event

Security Summit Turkey 2016

• May 25, 2016 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM GMT+3:00
• Istanbul

Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW - Spanish

• May 25, 2016 11:00 Am - 2:00 Pm Cst
• Online Event

You Can Have It All

• May 25, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
• Plano, Tx

Lunch & Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur Rätt Perspektiv

• May 26, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET
• Stockholm

NextWave Partner Up

• May 26, 2016 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM EET
• Moscow

NextWave Partner Up

• May 26, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET
• Budapest

NextWave Partner Up!

• May 26, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET
• Copenhagen

Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW

• May 26, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gmt+8:00
• Online Event

Lunch & Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur Rätt Perspektiv

• May 27, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 Pm CET
• Göteborg

Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW

• May 27, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gmt+8:00
• Online Event