{"id":13842,"date":"2016-05-21T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=13842"},"modified":"2016-05-20T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T22:45:46","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-may-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/palo-alto-networks-news-of-the-week-may-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week \u2013 May 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the weekend! Take some time to check out our top news from this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Mihoko Matsubara, CSO Japan, Palo Alto Networks K.K. shared <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1XDr3Qa\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">key takeaways<\/a> from the G7 ICT Multi-Stakeholders Conference in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Global Head of Channel Operations Melissa Nacerino and Director, Americas Channel Marketing Kandyce Tripp were honored <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1TBmy2N\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">in CRN's 2016 Women of the Channel and Power 100<\/a> lists.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-12-at-12.42.48-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13747\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"336\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:76.19%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-13747 aligncenter lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-12-at-12.42.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-12 at 12.42.48 PM\" width=\"336\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-12-at-12.42.48-PM.png 336w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-12-at-12.42.48-PM-230x175.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-12-at-12.42.48-PM-53x40.png 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/center><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>How do you gain control of SaaS usage in your organization? Anuj Sawani identified <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/27jXaZo\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">six of the biggest challenges<\/a> in securing SaaS applications.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Keil highlighted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/vm-series-for-aws-govcloud-securely-enabling-cloud-first-for-government-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\">VM-Series virtualized next-generation firewall<\/a>\u00a0deployed in AWS GovCloud can securely enable \u201cCloud First\u201d for government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Read up on best practices from Pamela Warren for preventing a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/best-practices-preventing-ransomware-in-government-networks\/\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware attack in government networks<\/a>, and hot <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Xy99OG\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">cybersecurity topics for financial institutions<\/a> from the FS-ISAC Summit from Lawrence Chin.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"bit.ly:1WBV6bm\" target=\"_blank\">download a copy<\/a> of our new \u201cNetwork Security Management for Dummies\u201d book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/pan\/en_US\/resources\/whitepapers\/network-security-management-for-dummies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13788\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:22.2%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13788 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-500x111.jpg\" alt=\"Dummies_Network Security_1170x260\" width=\"500\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-500x111.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-230x51.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-510x113.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260-180x40.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dummies_Network-Security_1170x260.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft wp-image-13833 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CAME-1.png\" alt=\"CAME\" width=\"120\" height=\"68\" \/>In the latest Customer Spotlight, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1U2gvXz\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">CAME Group<\/a> saves over $2.5 million with consolidated, preventive network and endpoint security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople of Palo Alto Networks\u201d celebrates the employees who preserve our unique culture of innovation and collaboration. This month we highlighted <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1WGGsQ0\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Chuck Konrad<\/a>, Director of Global Technical Recruiting and Veterans Program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10643\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"498\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:54.02%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10643 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog.jpg\" alt=\"culture team next gen\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PAN_Culture_Blog-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1WD09ZK\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Spark User Summits<\/a> from Fuel User Group and hear from subject matter experts on PAN-OS 7.1, latest threat intelligence updates,<br \/>\nvirtualization and more.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"wp-image-9926 size-medium alignright lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit-230x142.png\" alt=\"spark_user_summit\" width=\"230\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit-230x142.png 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit-500x309.png 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit-485x300.png 485w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit-65x40.png 65w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spark_user_summit.png 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=114?utm_campaign=Spark%20New%20York&amp;utm_medium=Registration%20Promo&amp;utm_source=Palo%20Alto%20Networks%20Blog\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >New York, May 24<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=115?utm_campaign=Spark%20Toronto%2016&amp;utm_medium=Register%20Promo&amp;utm_source=Palo%20Alto%20Networks%20Blog\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Toronto, 9 June<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=116?utm_campaign=Spark%20London%2016&amp;utm_medium=Register%20Promo&amp;utm_source=Palo%20Alto%20Networks%20Blog\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >London, 23 June<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=117?utm_campaign=Spark%20SoCal&amp;utm_medium=Register%20Promo&amp;utm_source=Palo%20Alto%20Networks%20Blog\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Southern California, July 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11218\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:12.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11218 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-500x62.jpg\" alt=\"youre invited\" width=\"500\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-230x29.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg-500x62-240x30.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a>\u00a0around the world that you should know about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTM5OQ==\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW <\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 23, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU3Ng==\">Lunch &amp; Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur R\u00e4tt Perspektiv<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Malmo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTMzMA==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT+4:00<\/li>\n<li>Abu Dhabi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ0NA==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<\/li>\n<li>Prague<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUxNg==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT +2:00<\/li>\n<li>Tel Aviv-Yafo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTYwNg==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM EET<\/li>\n<li>Johannesburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQyNw==\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Advanced Endpoint Protection<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTYzMw==\">Advanced Endpoint Protection, A Traps Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ0Nw==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<\/li>\n<li>Bratislava<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ4OQ==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Brussels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUxNQ==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Sorum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUzOQ==\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQwMA==\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive Threat Prevention May 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTMwMA==\">Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU5MQ==\">Security Summit Turkey 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM GMT+3:00<\/li>\n<li>Istanbul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTUwNA==\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW - Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 11:00 Am - 2:00 Pm Cst<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU3Mg==\">You Can Have It All<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 25, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST<\/li>\n<li>Plano, Tx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU3OA==\">Lunch &amp; Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur R\u00e4tt Perspektiv<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 26, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Stockholm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ0Ng==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 26, 2016 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM EET<\/li>\n<li>Moscow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ4OA==\">NextWave Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 26, 2016 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM EET<\/li>\n<li>Budapest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTQ5MA==\">NextWave Partner Up!<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 26, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET<\/li>\n<li>Copenhagen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU0MQ==\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 26, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gmt+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU3Nw==\">Lunch &amp; Learn Ransomware: Se Det Ur R\u00e4tt Perspektiv<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 27, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:30 Pm CET<\/li>\n<li>G\u00f6teborg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/dmVyaXRlNTU0Mg==\">Palo Alto Networks - Virtual Ultimate Test Drive NGFW<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 27, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gmt+8:00<\/li>\n<li>Online Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 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 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,203],"tags":[1062,539,218,435,1935,491,149,309,490],"coauthors":[1546],"class_list":["post-13842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news-of-the-week","tag-aws-govcloud","tag-came-group","tag-crn","tag-fs-isac-summit","tag-g7-ict","tag-power-100","tag-saas","tag-vm-series","tag-women-of-the-channel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13842"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13849,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions\/13849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13842"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}