Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – December 27, 2013

We hope you are having a great holiday, everyone! We’ve compiled the top Palo Alto Networks news  from the past week to make it easy for you to catch up on our happenings. Have a safe new year and be sure to visit us next Friday for another set of updates!

Interested in speaking at Ignite 2014? Well, act fast because the Call for Speakers deadline is December 31! Don’t start the new year without submitting! Not interested in speaking but still want to attend? Register before January 31 and save $100.

Last week, we introduced the Cybersecurity Canon: a list of our CSO Rick Howard’s “must-read” books. This week Rick added two more novels to the list:

• The Cuckoo’s Egg
• The CERT Guide To Insider Threats

Finally, since 2013 is quickly coming to a close, we wanted to shine the spotlight on our predictions for the next year:

• Danelle Au covered virtualization, data center and cloud predictions
• Scott Gainey examined dominant industry trends
• Palo Alto Networks experts looked at mobility challenges
• Wade Williamson assessed the threat landscape
• Matt Keil tackled next-generation firewall topics
• Isabelle Dumont discussed cybersecurity and vertical market trends