BUILD YOUR SECURITY STRATEGY

Zero Trust Advisory

Get actionable expert guidance to eliminate implicit trust,
continuously validate every digital interaction and fortify
your most critical assets and data.

Forge a world-class foundation for superior cyber resilience with zero trust

What’s included in your service

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

Cross-functional workstreams across identity and network expose silos that stall progress.

IDENTIFY ARCHITECTURAL GAPS

Find and fix blockers like legacy systems, disconnected controls and policy blind spots.

MAP ZERO TRUST READINESS

Get a prioritized, intelligence-informed view of your zero trust maturity and next steps.

BUILD A ZERO TRUST PLAN

Translate strategy to execution with a tailored roadmap aligned to business priorities.

Our intelligence-driven approach

With Unit 42® at your side, you’ll transform your cybersecurity program, regardless of where you are in your zero trust journey.

Investigate the scope
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SCOPE

Baseline your architecture, policies and controls to reveal where you are now.
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EVALUATE

Join expert-led workshops to benchmark zero trust capabilities and uncover specific gaps.
Talent engagement
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ALIGN

Prioritize actions based on business context and goals, not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
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IMPROVE

Activate your zero trust plan with tailored recommendations to guide improvement efforts.

Turning Threat Intelligence into Cyber Resilience

Attackers move fast and adapt constantly. Unit 42 brings the experience, technology and operational depth to match that speed. From readiness through response to long-term improvement, we help you act with precision and continuously strengthen your security program.

THREAT-INFORMED

Your attack surface is expanding and harder to see. We use telemetry from 70,000+ customers and thousands of incident engagements to identify exactly where you’re vulnerable. You gain the clarity to focus resources on the threats that actually matter to your bottom line.

TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN

Unit 42 combines deep platform integration with AI and automation to simplify operations, cut through noise, strengthen prevention and accelerate action so you reduce risk faster and stay ahead of evolving threats.

EXPERTISE-LED

You need experts who have seen it before. Our 24/7 global team spans response, readiness, threat intelligence and long-term transformation, delivering battle-tested expertise across every engagement and phase of your security journey.

TRANSFORMATION-FOCUSED

Every engagement turns lessons learned into lasting improvement. And, every engagement concludes with a roadmap to harden your defenses and prove your maturing resilience to the board. You emerge stronger and more defensible after every encounter.

Be prepared.
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Playbook

The Attacker's New Playbook: How AI Is Changing Cyberattacks

Threat actors are leveraging AI to launch faster, smarter and more disruptive attacks. Reconnaissance that took weeks now takes hours, and the time from initial breach to data exfiltration is shrinking fast.

phishing attacks

Why smart people fall for phishing attacks.

Despite robust defenses at our fingertips, common phishing scams and spoofing attacks remain an ongoing issue. Unfortunately, these attacks aren’t disappearing; they’re simply evolving.

Go from reactive,
to proactive

Ready to work together? We’ll help you assess and test your security controls, transform your security strategy with an intelligence-informed approach and respond to incidents in record time.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions About Zero Trust Advisory

Unit 42 is the threat intelligence, incident response, and security consulting arm of Palo Alto Networks helping organizations prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber incidents.
Unit 42 Zero Trust Advisory helps organizations define a practical Zero Trust strategy and roadmap for reducing implicit trust across users, devices, applications and data.
The engagement assesses your current architecture, identity controls, access policies, network segmentation, device security and operational processes to identify where excessive trust creates risk.
You receive a clear view of your current state, prioritized recommendations and a phased roadmap for implementing Zero Trust in a way that aligns with your business and security priorities.
Without Zero Trust, users, devices and applications may have more access than they need. A compromised identity can give an attacker a path to move laterally, reach sensitive data and expand the impact of an initial breach.