Palo Alto Networks has expanded its NextWave program for partners to better address customer demand for incident response (IR) services.

The NextWave program aligns with the expansion of the Palo Alto Networks Cortex MSSP ecosystem. It grew 146% year over year.

Partners can deliver IR services powered by Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Leveraging a partner specializing in IR services can accelerate response and remediation across the incident lifecycle for holistic response to an incident.

The Palo Alto Networks NextWave program offers:

Constant Drumbeat to Market

Karl Soderlund is Palo Alto Networks’ senior vice president of worldwide channel sales.

Palo Alto Networks’ Karl Soderlund

“We always put pressure on ourselves and stress in the system to make sure that we are bringing the best solutions and opportunities for our partners,” he said. “And the NextWave program for threat response is one of those. So it’s the constant drumbeat that we bring to market.”

Navigating rapidly evolving risks can pose a challenge for organizations, according to Palo Alto Networks. To solve this challenge, many turn to MSSPs for help strengthening their security outcomes.

Kevin Kilgo is vice president of managed services at Fulcrum Technology Solutions.

“Earning the Palo Alto Networks NextWave designation for threat response helps further our security team’s expertise in delivering a holistic security operations platform to our customers,” he said. “Combining Fulcrum’s managed security services, our 24x7x365 security operations center (SOC), security information and event management (SIEM)-as-a-service, and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) capabilities with the best-in-class power of Cortex XDR has helped our SOC team significantly in addressing the ever-growing burden of our customer’s detection and response operations.”

See our slideshow above for more about the expanded Palo Alto Networks NextWave program.