Palo Alto – Desclos Consulting

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Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The core product is a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security. The company serves over 70,000 organizations in over 150 countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100. It is home to the Unit 42 threat research team and hosts the Ignite cybersecurity conference. It is a partner organization of the World Economic Forum.

In 2018, Palo Alto Networks was listed 8th in the Forbes Digital 100. In June 2018, former Google and SoftBank executive Nikesh Arora joined the company as Chairman and CEO.

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Cyber Security Consultant - [ Ongoing ]

Interim Management

Deployed technologies : Aruba, AWS, Datadog, Imperva, Lansweeper, Palo Alto, Sentinel One, Vade Secure

Used languages : English, French

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Networks & Telecoms Manager - [16 Months]

Interim Management

Group-wide harmonization and standardization project (~3,500 sites),
- Defined LAN & WLAN standards,
- Designed a global SD-WAN architecture based on Zero Trust Exchange technology,
- Led global negotiations with key vendors.
Support to subsidiaries (42 entities),
- Facilitated change management and alignment with network, telecom & security standards,
- Implemented shared global services (DDI, Software Defined Network, etc.).
Group infrastructure
- Managed annual budget (~€1.5M) and vendor relations,
- Oversaw network & telecom infrastructure operations and maintenance (3 sites).

Deployed technologies : Active Directory, Aruba, Azure, Citrix, ITIL, Palo Alto, SD-Wan, Zscaler

Used languages : English, French

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Move to Cloud Project Director - [28 Months]

Migration of on-prem infrastructures to the Azure cloud,
- Analysis of the existing situation, reverse documentation,
- Definition of network and security architecture,
- Choice of security technologies (Palo Alto, Efficient IP, F5 Voltera…).
Ensuring compliance of existing applications,
- Migration of applications to full API mode,
- Separation of exposed public and private areas.
Definition of standards and operating model,
Project monitoring and reporting to management (local and international).

Deployed technologies : Active Directory, Azure, Citrix, Efficient IP, F5 Volterra, Palo Alto

Used languages : English, French

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