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Security Vendor Palo Alto Got 1,000 ‘Assessment Requests’ Post-SolarWinds

The mid-December SolarWinds cyberattack (see 2012170050) was “a wakeup call to all enterprises to modernize cybersecurity and will serve as a net incremental tailwind not just for us but also for the industry,” said Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora…

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on a fiscal Q2 call Monday. The cybersecurity vendor fielded more than 1,000 “assessment requests” after the SolarWinds breach and completed more than 500, he said. “This resulted in more awareness of and focus on cybersecurity, which in all candor is the need of the hour, given the complete reliance of technology in these times.” The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the breach Tuesday (see 2102230064).