Palo Alto Networks has a new approach to SD-WAN — the Prisma SD-Wan which offers security and networking on one platform in an integrated security solution. Rohan Grover shares more about this next-gen solution.

Rohan Grover is the Senior Director of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks, and he explains how Prisma SD-WAN (formerly CloudGenix SD-WAN) is different from legacy SD-WAN products. He shares more about the key differentiators of the Prisma SD-WAN platform including its use of supervised machine learning to support Day 2 operations, and its potential as a longer-term solution.

Rohan also touches on the unique CloudBlades offering and the key capabilities of this element in terms of tie-in with applications and services. Prisma SD-WAN is the answer to a lot of challenges within the context of network transformation, and Rohan highlights its true capabilities and the possibilities it provides. Tune in to find out more.

Key Takeaways:

[:21] Host Drew Conry-Murray introduces his guest for this episode — Rohan Grover.

[:43] Palo Alto Networks is rebranding CloudGenix SD-WAN to Prisma SD-WAN.

[1:45] What does machine learning mean for network engineers who are running Prisma SD-WAN day-to-day?

[3:43] Rohan shares more about how Prisma SD-WAN supports Day 2 operations and provides solutions in the longer term.

[5:46] Supervised machine learning is a key part of Prisma SD-WAN.

[7:19] What are CloudBlades?

[9:02] How do CloudBlades work with SD-WAN?

[9:46] What are some applications and services that tie into CloudBlades?

[12:32] How is Prisma SD-WAN differentiating itself from competitors?

[14:57] Find out more about Prisma SD-WAN by visiting the links below.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Drew Conry-Murray

Greg Ferro

Rohan Grover

Prisma SD-WAN

TEI Spotlight Report on SD-WAN

Distributed workspaces and remote work have become commonplace, particularly because of the pandemic and new security concerns need to be addressed. Prisma Access 2.0 stands poised to address these security issues — Kumar Ramachandran has some insights to share.

Kumar Ramachandran is the Senior Vice President of Products at Palo Alto Networks, and he joins Drew Conry-Murray and Greg Ferro, hosts of the Tech Bytes podcast to share more about Prisma Access 2.0. He explains how it differs from the first-generation version and the role of cloud-delivered security as a part of the latest workplace trends.

Kumar also explains the technology driving Prisma Access 2.0, and the role of proxies in delivering better security to remote offices. Tune in to find out more about where Zero Trust Network Access comes in, the importance of user experience management for distributed work, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[:21] Host Drew Conry-Murray introduces his guest for this episode — Kumar Ramachandran.

[:39] What is the next step after SASE?

[2:00] Distributed work or remote work is now much more prevalent, and security needs have changed along with that.

[3:34] How is the Prisma Access 2.0 delivered?

[5:04] Kumar explains more about the technology of how Prisma Access 2.0 functions.

[6:10] Where does Zero Trust Network Access come in?

[8:46] Prisma Access 2.0 allows all functions to be processed remotely through proxies.

[10:11] What is the role of proxies, and how do they contribute to security?

[13:35] Kumar explains how and why usage of Prisma Access has expanded recently.

[14:37] Prisma Access 2.0 also provides data on digital user experience management.

[19:49] Find out more about Prisma Access 2.0 by visiting the website.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Drew Conry-Murray

Greg Ferro

Kumar Ramachandran

Prisma Access 2.0

Zero Trust Network Access

A recent trend in the security space is that more and more companies are shifting from SIEM (security information and event management) to SOAR (security, orchestration, automation, and response). Deidre Smith and Neelima Rustagi share some of their insights from the vendor and customer perspectives.

Neelima Rustagi is the Senior Director of Product at Palo Alto Networks. Her day-to-day involves talking to a lot of customers and defining how the product features on the XSOAR side are going to serve the customers. Deidre Smith is VP, Service Delivery Transformation at NTT, where her principal tasks are making each of the services NTT offers more efficient and leading-edge and responding to client requirements.

The market is changing rapidly, and one of the challenges for many organizations is pulling together all the different aspects of their cybersecurity solutions. How do SIEM and SOAR compare with each other and how do they work together? Neelima and Deidre discuss the increasing complexities of security operations, the potential for automation within these systems, and the importance of playbooks. Tune in to find out more.

Key Takeaways:

[:22] Ian Murphy introduces his guests for this episode — Neelima Rustagi and Deidre Smith.

[1:46] Many companies are shifting from SIEM to SOAR. What is driving this change?

[5:54] Deidre and Neelima share insights on why customers want automation and response done for them.

[10:20] What is the relationship between SIEM and SOAR systems in organizations, and how much of a mix of the two systems is there in organizations?

[15:20] How complex does the process become when multiple data sources are providing information?

[18:16] How broad is the potential scope for automation?

[20:45] How much automation lies within the SOAR tool and how much of that is about additional automation that is brought in?

[22:25] How can organizations bring new people in?

[25:29] How much does the fact that playbooks are an integral part of SOAR work for analysts going out to help customers but also customers themselves?

[27:03] From a vendor perspective, how much commonality can be created with playbooks?

[28:46] How are playbooks built?

[30:31] How much have playbooks increased the ability to respond to clients’ demands, and how has SOAR changed the response environment?

[32:13] Deidre and Neelima share more about forensics, and how playbooks provide the ability to build in the forensics of the response.

[35:43] What are the three reasons why people should be moving towards SOAR, and customers should be adopting SOAR?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Ian Murphy

Neelima Rustagi

Deidre Smith

NTT Limited

In the age of constantly changing cloud-based applications and infrastructure, what are the cloud native security trends that organizations need to be aware of, and what are the steps they should be taking to address them? Dominic Caputo shares some of his perspectives.

Dominic is a part of the Consulting Engineering team at Palo Alto Networks, as a Senior Public Cloud Consulting Engineer. Cloud native security trends like shift-left security and end dev sec ops are coming to the forefront, and they can have an impact on increasing effectiveness in helping organizations keep workloads secure. Dominic explains what it means to implement these concepts in a practical sense.

Apart from requiring organization-wide buy-in, these security measures need to also be efficiently integrated into workflows and toolsets that are already in place. Unfortunately, given the uniqueness of each organization, there is no single guide for implementing dev sec ops and shift-left security. Dominic highlights some of the key considerations, challenges, and how organizations can better position themselves to adapt to fast-moving, dynamic cloud native environments. Tune in to find out more.

Key Takeaways:

[:22] Dominic introduces himself and the topic for this episode.

[1:21] What is DevOps?

[2:12] What impact does DevOps have on security?

[3:41] Dominic shares more about the two main strategies that have emerged to address these DevOps security needs.

[6:23] What are some of the key considerations for tools to enable shift-left security?

[11:03] How can security processes be integrated into CI/CD?

[12:28] Dominic explains how Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks can serve customers looking for cloud-native security platforms.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Dominic Caputo

Prisma Cloud

One of the most important aspects of public cloud security is how to detect and fix security blind spots in the public cloud environment. Sujit Nair shares his insights on addressing the security challenges in this area.

Sujit Nair is a part of Palo Alto Network’s Public Cloud Consulting Engineering team. Irrespective of public or on-premise private cloud, the deployment process and tooling for cloud environments look similar, but there are a variety of nuances that are different and easy to overlook. Failing to recognize and account for these differences can result in misconfigurations which lead to security blind spots in the cloud architecture.

Sujit shares more about what the trends in cloud adoption are, and how they may be giving rise to security blind spots because of complexities in the public cloud environment. He also shares insights about the common situations that come up and how organizations can best identify, detect and address these blind spots, as well as how Prisma Cloud is an effective solution.

Key Takeaways:

[:22] Sujit Nair introduces himself and the topic for this episode.

[1:01] What are the trends in cloud adoption?

[1:57] Why are enterprises that have adopted the public cloud concerned about security?

[3:23] How can complexities in the public cloud environment create security blind spots?

[4:19] What are some of the common situations that lead to security blind spots? Sujit shares some of the classic blind spot scenarios that come up.

[10:21] How can organizations identify security blind spots in their public cloud environment, and what are some of the best practices to avoid them?

[12:32] Sujit explains why a cloud-native security platform is the best option to overcome security challenges, and how Prisma Cloud can fill this need.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Sujit Nair

Prisma Cloud

2020 was a year of change and upheaval for everyone, including from a cloud security perspective. In this episode, Bisham Kishnani and Vicky Ray reflect on the key events of 2020 and forecast how these trends are likely to play out in the upcoming year.

Bisham Kishnani is the Field CTO for the Public Cloud Unit in Palo Alto Networks, with an extensive background in Data Center, Cloud, Virtualization, SDN, and MSSP/CSSP. Vicky Ray leads the Unit 42 Threat Intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks, Asia Pacific. Unit 42 is the threat intelligence arm focusing on research of targeted cyberattacks and cybercrime campaigns.

The recent cyberattack on SolarWinds has had a devastating impact, not only on supply chains but on all organizations, vendors, and end-users. Bisham and Vicky explore how the security landscape has changed and what the challenges are that companies need to prepare for. They also discuss how remote work has evolved in 2020 and the security considerations looking to the future, as working-from-home remains likely going forward.

Tune in to find out more about security solutions from the cloud operating perspective, and how Palo Alto Network’s Prisma Cloud is gearing up to be the next-generation, cutting-edge solution.

Key Takeaways:

[:22] Bisham introduces himself, the topic for this episode, and his guest — Vicky Ray.

[:57] Vicky introduces himself and his role at Palo Alto Networks.

[1:35] Vicky shares more about the latest global attack on supply chains.

[3:28] Bisham highlights some of the trends of 2020. How are these trends going to play out in 2021?

[6:18] How can companies avoid being the next Solar Winds and reduce their vulnerability to cyberattacks?

[9:29] Remote work has been a reality for over a year and is likely to continue to be so in the future. Bisham and Vicky discuss the security considerations around working from home.

[13:32] Palo Alto Networks is focusing on delivering the next generation of cutting-edge security solutions, particularly the Prisma Cloud.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Bisham Kishnani

Vicky Ray

Unit 42

SolarWinds

2020 Unit 42 IoT Threat Report

Prisma Cloud

During these unprecedented times, cloud adoption has been exponential as almost all workforces have switched to being remote. Every organization has either adopted the cloud or is in the process of doing so or has plans to do so in the future. At this juncture, creating a secure cloud operating model is essential, and it has impacts on the lifecycle of modern software development.

Bisham Kishnani is the Field CTO for the Public Cloud Unit in Palo Alto Networks, with an extensive background in Data Center, Cloud, Virtualization, SDN, and MSSP/CSSP. He shares more about the cloud and its operating model, the new generation technologies in this area and its adoption in many industries, as well as cloud-native applications and how they are built using the newer technologies like DevOps, MicroServices, and others. Bisham also highlights the modern software development lifecycle and the challenges that accompany it, and shares insights about how to build security with automation going forward.

Tune in to find out more about the cloud operating model, modern software development lifecycle, and the steps Palo Alto Network is taking to keep up with these changes in the future.

Key Takeaways:

[:21] Host Bisham Kishnani introduces himself and the topic for this episode.

[1:16] Bisham explains more about the cloud operating model and its increasing adoption in recent times.

[3:02] What are some of the challenges of the cloud operating model?

[4:07] How is the cloud modernizing the software development cycle?

[5:24] Bisham explains the zero trust framework.

[7:44] What is the best way to address the challenges of cloud operating models and modern software development lifecycle?

[9:37] How can CWPP help address zero trust for applications?

[13:00] How have things changed in the native firewall from 15 years ago?

[15:24] Reach out to Bisham via email for more information.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Securing Today Podcast

Palo Alto Networks — Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Email Bisham Kishnani

Bisham Kishnani

Top Security and Risk Management Trends — Gartner