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Palo Alto Networks Takes Aim At Cyber Attacks with the Expansion of Unit 42's Digital Forensics & Incident Response Service Globally
With 60% of organizations taking more than four days to resolve cybersecurity issues, Unit 42's Global Incident Response Service dramatically reduces time to
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[{"type":"text","content":"With 60% of organizations taking more than four days to resolve cybersecurity issues, Unit 42's Global Incident Response Service dramatically reduces time to remediate threats\nSANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the expansion of its Unit 42 Digital Forensics and Incident Response Service. The Global Digital Forensics and Incident Response service combines depth of incident response experience with the breadth of AI-powered solutions, including Cortex® XDR® and Xpanse™, and Prisma® Cloud, to equip enterprises to respond immediately and recover faster than most any digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) service in the market.\nTo help organizations better respond to complex threats, Palo Alto Networks' unique knowledge of security and a deep understanding of advanced attacker behavior enables Unit 42 to undertake a rigorous investigation with rapid response. According to Wendi Whitmore, senior vice president of Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, \"No other security vendor in the industry can match Palo Alto Networks' telemetry or our breadth of products to stop attacks in real-time. We analyze data from thousands of customers globally, generating over 500 billion daily events. This massive dataset enables responders to contextualize threats and respond effectively. Coupled with our expertise in cloud threats, SOC automation, and network security, this advanced intelligence helps companies recover and emerge stronger than before.\"\nUnit 42 specializes in cyber DFIR and responds to thousands of customer events annually from ransomware incidents to the rising cloud attacks. Backed by a global team of incident responders, threat intelligence experts, and consultants, Unit 42 has handled some of the largest data breaches in history. \nAccording to the recent Unit 42 Cloud Threat report, more than 60% of organizations take over four days to resolve security issues, while threat actors typically exploit a misconfiguration or vulnerability within hours. Unit 42 recently engaged with a large enterprise customer after a zero-day vulnerability allowed an authentication bypass and remote code execution (RCE) exploit. The threat actor leveraged the vulnerability to drop web shells and launch a crypto miner onto the client's unpatched CRM syst...