{"id":55530,"date":"2017-12-23T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=55530"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:05:46","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-week-december-23-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/palo-alto-networks-news-week-december-23-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week: December 23, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss any of this week\u2019s Palo Alto Networks action? Don\u2019t worry \u2013 we\u2019ve rounded up our top news and views right here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Palo Alto Networks 2018 Cybersecurity Predictions and Recommendations series continued with topics on threat landscape, retail, as well as what can be expected in the coming year for Asia Pacific:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-predictions-recommendations-era-software-supply-chain-attacks-begun\/\">2018 Predictions &amp; Recommendations: The Era of Software Supply-Chain Attacks Has Begun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-predictions-recommendations-retailers-thinking-planning\/\">2018 Predictions &amp; Recommendations: What Retailers Should be Thinking About and Planning for<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-predictions-recommendations-data-new-oil-integrity-key\/\">2018 Predictions and Recommendations: Data is the New Oil and Integrity is the Key<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to examine the ROI of deploying Traps. Learn how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/forrester-evaluated-how-traps-reduces-opex-and-breach-prevention-costs\/\">Traps reduces Opex and breach prevention costs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Unit 42 shared new research:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/unit42-palo-alto-networks-unit-42-vulnerability-research-december-2017-disclosures-microsoft\/\">Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research December 2017 Disclosures <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/unit42-abusing-service-control-manager-establish-persistence-non-service-applications\/\">Abusing the Service Control Manager to Establish Persistence for Non-Service Applications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Palo Alto Networks was recommended in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/palo-alto-networks-recommended-nss-labs-first-ever-breach-prevention-systems-test\/\">NSS Labs first ever Breach Prevention Systems Test<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Learn why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/endpoint-protection-first-line-defense-attacker-mindset\/\">endpoint protection is the first line of defense against the attacker mindset<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.paloaltonetworks.com\/usa\/?CampaignId=7010g000001IH8U&amp;utm_content=Ignite18USA&amp;utm_medium=SocailMedia&amp;utm_source=ResourceCenter\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"600\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:41.67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"wp-image-54450 size-full alignnone lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ignite18-blog.jpg\" alt=\"ignite18-blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Networks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/ignite-18-register-now-for-400-off-unparalleled-security-knowledge\/\">Ignite \u201918 registration is now open<\/a>! Secure your spot at the cybersecurity conference of the year today.<\/p>\n<p>Want to share your cybersecurity knowledge with like-minded professionals at Ignite \u201918? <a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.paloaltonetworks.com\/callforpapers.html\">The call for papers is open and accepting submissions<\/a>. Get yours in today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/get.info.paloaltonetworks.com\/webApp\/epic-cloud-security-event-en?CampaignId=7010g000001LqtRAAS&amp;referer=null&amp;utm_medium=social-owned-promo&amp;utm_source=Social+Media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft wp-image-54972 size-full lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Cloud-Event-Blog-Banner.png\" alt=\"Cloud Event Blog Banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cloud security takes a giant leap forward on February 6, 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/epiccloud\">Join us at our Epic Cloud Security event<\/a> for useful insights, actionable intelligence and practical advice from cloud luminaries, partners and customers.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/events.paloaltonetworks.com\/\">upcoming events<\/a> around the world that you should know about. Don\u2019t forget to register for our <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/event-calendar\">events calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to meet up with other Palo Alto Networks users? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuelusergroup.org\/page\/spark-events\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Fuel, the Palo Alto Networks User Group<\/a>, for opportunities to attend hands-on workshops, events and more!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/286134\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Next Generation Firewall<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 8, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/289178\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive With the VM-Series on Microsoft Azure<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 8, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/286135\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Threat Prevention<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/289180\">Virtual Ultimate Test Drive - Next Generation Firewall<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch up on all the top Palo Alto Networks news of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":45207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[5037,200,5124,5127,403,1819,5121,1794,586],"coauthors":[1515],"class_list":["post-55530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-2018-predictions-and-recommendations","tag-apac","tag-blackhat-europe","tag-epic-cloud-event","tag-events-2","tag-ignite","tag-retail-vulnerabilities","tag-supply-chain","tag-unit-42"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Linkedin-520x320-v1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55530","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\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55530"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55626,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55530\/revisions\/55626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55530"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}