{"id":54969,"date":"2017-12-16T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=54969"},"modified":"2017-12-15T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:42:25","slug":"palo-alto-networks-news-week-december-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/palo-alto-networks-news-week-december-16-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto Networks News of the Week: December 16, 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 this week with horizon scanning in EMEA and the future of ransomware:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-predictions-recommendations-horizon-scanning-emea-2018-beyond\/\">2018 Predictions &amp; Recommendations: Horizon Scanning in EMEA for 2018 and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/2018-predictions-recommendations-ransomware-plague-just-beginning\/\">2018 Predictions &amp; Recommendations: The Ransomware Plague Is Just Beginning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Unit 42 shared new research and a new adversary playbook:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/unit42-oilrig-performs-tests-twoface-webshell\/\">OilRig Performs Tests on the TwoFace Webshell <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/unit42-introducing-the-adversary-playbook-first-up-oilrig\/\">Introducing the Adversary Playbook. First up, OilRig. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Introducing our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/secure-ot-introducing-new-ics-cybersecurity-hands-workshop\/\">ICS Cybersecurity hands-on workshop<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Learn why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/cso-slovakias-leadership-public-sector-cybersecurity-will-benefit-visegrad-group-beyond\/\">Slovakia\u2019s leadership in public sector cybersecurity<\/a> will benefit the Visegr\u00e1d Group and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>Unwrap the gift of SaaS security with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/tech-docs-twelve-joys-aperture\/\">new technical documentation celebrating the twelve joys of Aperture<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Chasing the dream: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/cso-chasing-dream-women-cybersecurity-across-asia-pacific-beyond\/\">the importance of women in cybersecurity<\/a> across Asia-Pacific and beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"600\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:41.67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-54450 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><\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/epiccloud\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"600\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone 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\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/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\/283015\">Ultimate Test Drive - Amazon Web Services<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 19, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Issy les Moulineaux, France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/286569\">Live Webinar: Safely Enable SaaS Applications with Aperture<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 19, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/298899\">Cyber Security Webinar: Key strategies to protect your critical data in the cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 19, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.paloaltonetworks.com\/ehome\/300883\">Palo Alto Networks Traps 4.1 Live Webinar<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>December 20, 2017<\/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":[5037,1440,5106,432,403,1554,5103,2052,3627,221,5073,586],"coauthors":[1515],"class_list":["post-54969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-2018-predictions-and-recommendations","tag-aperture","tag-culture-and-diversity","tag-emea","tag-events-2","tag-greg-day","tag-ignite-18","tag-john-davis","tag-oilrig","tag-ransomware","tag-slovakia","tag-unit-42"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Linkedin-520x320-v1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55020,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54969\/revisions\/55020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54969"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=54969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}