About
Your Cloud. Their Target. Our Solution. Cloud attacks are rising, with 1 in 3 attacks involving cloud, the attack surface is growing as organizations average 300 new cloud services each month. Any breach can directly threaten your revenue, reputation, and operational continuity. This fireside chat, featuring Unit 42 expert insights from real-world cases, will expose the true cost of cloud insecurity and how defenders can protect their cloud assets and data. We'll then reveal how Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud delivers comprehensive, AI-driven defense, simplifying security from development to runtime. Empower your organization to innovate confidently, transforming cloud security into a strategic enabler for growth.

What You’ll Learn

- The True Cost of Cloud Insecurity: Unit 42 real-world insights on growing cloud attacks and their financial/reputational impact.

- Leveraging AI for Strategic Advantage: How AI reshapes cloud security for both attackers and defenders, enabling proactive defense.

- Achieving Unified Cloud Resilience: Explore Cortex Cloud's AI-driven, unified defense from development to runtime, reducing complexity.
When
Monday, September 22, 2025 · 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
Presenters
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JT Luevano
Principal Consultant, Unit 42 - Palo Alto Networks
JT is a cybersecurity consultant with nine years of experience in cloud security, SAP, and leadership, as well as service delivery, Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), Kubernetes, and Prisma Cloud . Prior to joining Unit 42, JT worked
for Palo Alto Networks as Prisma cloud solutions architect. In this role, JT was responsible for creating security design patterns for non-critical and critical applications by engaging development, platform, security and architecture teams resulting in elimination of critical alerts, as well as performing cloud security risk assessments.
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Cody Queen
Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Cortex Cloud - Palo Alto Networks
Cody Queen is a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Cortex Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. With a rich background in cybersecurity, Cody previously spent several years at CrowdStrike specializing in Cloud Security, Google Cloud, and platform, following a tenure at Cybereason where he led product marketing for NGAV, EDR, and Cloud solutions. His career began at Dell Technologies, supporting managed on-premise data center services. Cody has also dedicated over 15 years to the US military, working on national security-related threats.
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Alan Shimel
Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group