Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – May 2

Here is all of the top Palo Alto Networks news from this past week.

Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin talked with Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Mad Money about taking a prevention-oriented approach, and how our enterprise security platform can help change the cost curve for companies.

Unit 42 observed PlugX Trojan using legitimate Samsung application for DLL side-loading, and using our AutoFocus threat intelligence service, flagged these variants to help users identify related attacks.

Listen to the first two episodes of the new Unit 42 podcast, Don’t Panic, featuring Intelligence Director Ryan Olson and Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard.

We released the last wave of results from our Ignite 2015 attendee survey, and found that the protection of intellectual property is top priority for our respondents.

This month Palo Alto Networks officially opened a new office in the Philippines, which will allow us to better serve the increasing needs of enterprises across multiple industries and service providers across the Asia-Pacific region.

Joerg Sieber discusses URL Filtering, and how to make it a crucial component of today’s security architecture using Palo Alto Networks technology.

Stephen Perciballi explains why you should keep it simple when it comes to networking.

Brian Tokuyoshi details ways to help you stay ahead of the security challenges introduced by the Internet of Things.

Get hands-on with cybersecurity at the Fuel User Group Spark User Summits, currently scheduled in London on May 12, Toronto on June 23, and Houston on June 25.

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

Palo Alto Networks L&L [Spanish]

• When: May 5, 2015 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
• Where: Monterrey, NL

Le nuove frontiere della sicurezza e virtualizzazione della rete [Italian]

• When: May 6, 2015 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
• Where: Roma

LE NUOVE FRONTIERE DELLA SICUREZZA E DELLA VIRTUALIZZAZIONE DELLA RETE [Italian]

• When: May 6, 2015 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CET
• Where: Roma

Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo

• When: May 6, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
• Where: Online

Public Sector Technical Workshop – London

• When: May 6, 2015 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
• Where: London, ON

Virtual Data Centre Ultimate Test Drive

• When: May 6, 2015 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM GMT
• Where: London

Le nuove frontiere della sicurezza e virtualizzazione della rete [Italian]

• When: May 7, 2015 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
• Where: Milano

LE NUOVE FRONTIERE DELLA SICUREZZA E DELLA VIRTUALIZZAZIONE DELLA RETE [Italian]

• When: May 7, 2015 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CET
• Where: Milano

Palo Alto Networks PA-7050: Security and Performance - Together at Last

• When: May 7, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CET
• Where: Online

Take the Ultimate Test Drive

• When: May 7, 2015 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM EST
• Where: King of Prussia, PA

Take the Ultimate Test Drive!

• When: May 7, 2015 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM CST
• Where: Austin, TX

5月8日(金)製品実感ﾄﾚｰﾆﾝｸﾞ [Japanese]

• When: May 8, 2015 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+9:00
• Where: 千代田区

Demo - näe mitä seuraavan sukupolven tietoturva tarkoittaa käytännössä [Finnish]

• When: May 12, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EET
• Where: Online

Spark User Summit London

• When: May 12, 2015 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM WET
• Where: London

WildFire: Automatically Detect and Prevent Unknown Threats

• When: May 12, 2015 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CET
• Where: Online

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• When: May 12, 2015 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT+9:00
• Where: 千代田区

5月13日(水)製品導入・運用支援ﾄﾚｰﾆﾝｸﾞ [Japanese]

• When: May 13, 2015 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+9:00
• Where: 千代田区

Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo

• When: May 13, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
• Where: Online

Fabricating the Next Generation Data Centre

• When: May 14, 2015 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM GMT
• Where: London

Transforming Datacenter Security - Hollywood/Miami

• When: May 14, 2015 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM EST
• Where: Hollywood, FL

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• When: May 14, 2015 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT+9:00
• Where: 千代田区

5月15日(金)製品体感ｾﾐﾅｰ

• When: May 15, 2015 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM GMT+9:00
• Where: 千代田区