Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks Expand Strategic Partnership
Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks Expand Strategic Partnership
● Companies partner to introduce new threat detection solutions and security
solutions for Anthos; Palo Alto Networks will continue to expand its usage of
services running on Google Cloud
● Palo Alto Networks is the first cybersecurity partner to meet specialized security
solutions requirements for Google Cloud and demonstrate customer success,
across five key areas
Sunnyvale, California — December 16, 2019 — Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:
PANW ), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced new solutions to help customers stay
secure. Together, the companies will collaborate to bring new offerings to market and to run
several Palo Alto Networks services on Google Cloud, combining the expertise of each
company in cloud computing and cybersecurity.
As a part of the partnership, Palo Alto Networks continues to leverage Google Cloud Platform to
deliver secure access to cloud applications (such as Prisma™ Access solution) and to provide
enterprise-scale security operations (via its Cortex™ solution). By making these services
available on Google Cloud Platform, customers can benefit from increased visibility, continuous
compliance, and enhanced security analytics.
The two companies will also deliver new, jointly developed solutions to support security for
customers’ multi-cloud environments and to enhance threat detection capabilities. These
solutions include:
● A new, jointly developed security framework for multi-cloud environments with
Anthos: Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments are becoming the norm for many
enterprise customers who want to ensure they can apply consistent security practices
across all of their workloads and applications, regardless of where they are running.
Anthos aims to provide security by default and help customers automate security
operations. In addition, Palo Alto Networks is building a best-practice security framework
(leveraging its Prisma Cloud and VM-Series solutions) for Anthos hybrid and multi-cloud
Kubernetes deployments to help Google Cloud customers deploy a common compliance
and runtime security posture across all of their workloads.
● New integrations to improve threat intelligence and detection: As threats become
more sophisticated, cloud customers need to proactively identify and stop them to avoid
disruptions and loss. To provide unique threat intelligence to joint customers, Google
Cloud will combine the intelligence within its own Event Threat Detection product with
Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus ™ threat intelligence service. The result combines signals
based on Google’s own internal sources with additional visibility from Palo Alto Networks
footprint of network, endpoint, and cloud intelligence sources .
These new solutions will be available beginning in the first half of 2020.
Additionally, Palo Alto Networks is the first cybersecurity partner to meet the specialized security
solutions requirements for Google Cloud, and to demonstrate customer success, across five key
areas: network security (VM-Series), container security (Prisma Cloud), endpoint security
(Cortex XDR), vulnerability management (Prisma Cloud) and compliance and governance
(Prisma Cloud).
“Security of data is top-of-mind for every customer today, whether they run on-premises or
within a single or multi-cloud environment,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, Corporate Vice President,
Global Ecosystem at Google Cloud. “We’re delighted to expand our work with Palo Alto
Networks to deliver best-in-class security products and solutions to help customers run their
most critical workloads in the cloud, confidently and securely.”
“We are excited to partner with Google Cloud to help customers secure their cloud journey” said
Rahul Sood, Senior Vice President of Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. “By partnering with
Google Cloud to deliver a jointly developed security framework for multi-cloud environments and
the new integration for threat intelligence, we will simplify how customers secure their cloud
native environments, whether they are single or multi-cloud. Our partnership on Prisma Access
allows us to deliver secure access for customers to their cloud applications from more locations.
Through our partnership on Cortex, we bring enterprise scale analytics for prevention detection
and threat response on integrated endpoint, firewall and cloud data on our Cortex platform”.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and
industry solutions, along with expertise, to reinvent their business with data-powered innovation
on modern computing infrastructure. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage
Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently, modernize for
growth and innovate for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud
as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with
technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be
the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the
world’s greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest
breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an
integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of
protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our
vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more
information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
