What’s Next in Cyber Survey

CF: Palo Alto Networks just released its 2022 Global What’s Next in Cyber Survey. It found, for example, 96% of security executives polled reported experiencing a cyber incident in the last 12 months. Is there a message for partners in this research?

KS: I think a couple of the most interesting findings that I’ve seen is that an average breach is costing an end user $2.4 million and taking 37 days to remediate. What we’re trying to do is, by working closely with Palo Alto Networks and our partner community, you can prevent having that occur. We can prevent those breaches. We can prevent their inefficiencies, why they’re trying to remediate after a breach. And I think a lot of what you’re going to see is that the attack surface is increasing. The bad guys are very well funded. And having a close relationship with a company like Palo Alto Networks is really important. And what we’re asking our partners to do is to have an opinion. There are too many disparate security technologies that add complexity to the market. We want them to have an opinion and align with Palo Alto Networks from a platform standpoint to drive the best security and the best protection for our joint end user community.