SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the leader in enterprise security, and the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) today announced that Palo Alto Networks has joined the R-CISC community through the R-CISC Associate Member Program for cybersecurity industry leaders as its first platinum member.

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The mission of the R-CISC is to create a trusted environment that facilitates threat intelligence and information sharing among global retailers, enhanced by incorporating insightful research and timely threat feeds from leading cybersecurity industry experts participating in its Associate Member Program. The Associate Member Program allows for the R-CISC's retailer and commercial services member organizations to collaborate and share threat intelligence and critical cybersecurity information in real time with the industry's leading security solutions providers.

As new cyber threats emerge and evolve, many retailers are utilizing threat intelligence sharing through the R-CISC to help in their efforts to prevent cyber attacks, which when undetected can compromise customer loyalty and brand reputation among consumers. Palo Alto Networks participation in the R-CISC Associate Program will provide R-CISC members with access to Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence, including information on advanced attacks, campaigns and adversaries from the AutoFocus and WildFire services, and the Unit 42 research and analysis team. This partnership will open up many exciting new opportunities including joint research to be developed specifically to empower retailers with actionable, prioritized information that will enable the prevention of and response to cyber breaches.

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    --  "The continued evolution of the R-CISC and the capabilities that we are
        assembling together with our members has taken another key and critical
        step with the launch of our Associate Member Program. The expertise that
        Palo Alto Networks brings to our intelligence sharing center, through
        the Unit 42 research team and the intelligence that is accessible from
        Palo Alto Networks, will give the R-CISC members critical information
        for their defense against the ever increasing threats. We are excited to
        bring the combined knowledge sharing of our membership and partners
        together to form new and innovative approaches to cybersecurity
        intelligence sharing."- Brian Engle, Executive Director, R-CISC

    --  "Cyber threats impacting the retail industry are growing in both number
        and in impact. Threat intelligence sharing between cybersecurity
        industry leaders and organizations like the R-CISC can help members
        achieve better breach prevention by providing actionable and timely
        information and instructional guidance. Ultimately, the aggregate
        knowledge sharing, along with next-generation security technologies, can
        dramatically alter the probability an attacker has of launching a
        successful attack."- Davis Hake, director of cybersecurity strategy,
        Palo Alto Networks

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    --  Learn more about Unit 42:
        https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/threat-research.html
    --  Learn more about the Palo Alto Networks Security Platform:
        https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/platforms.html
    --  Learn more about the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center:
        http://www.r-cisc.org/index.html

About Palo Alto Networks
 Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in cybersecurity by protecting thousands of enterprise, government, and service provider networks from cyber threats. Unlike fragmented legacy products, our security platform safely enables business operations and delivers protection based on what matters most in today's dynamic computing environments: applications, users, and content. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.

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About the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center
 The Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) is the trusted resource established to support the retail and commercial services industries for sharing cybersecurity information and intelligence. The R-CISC, and its operation of the Retail and Commercial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RCS-ISAC) create a valued community for robust collaboration for its members and partners.

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