AI is accelerating the speed and complexity of modern cyberattacks, enabling attackers to adapt faster than security teams can analyze and respond. As threat data continues to grow, the information and challenge in determining what matters most overwhelm organizations. Without the context, deep insight, and actionable guidance needed to prioritize risk and make informed security decisions, they struggle to keep pace with evolving threats.
The threat landscape is accelerating. Adversaries are discovering vulnerabilities, evolving their tactics, and executing attacks faster than many security teams can adapt their defenses.
Unit 42® Threat Intel Services provide an ongoing intelligence partnership that gives your team direct access to Unit 42 analysts for frontline expertise, expert clear context, and tailored guidance. Rather than delivering more threat data, we help you understand which threats matter to your organization, why they’re important, and how to respond with confidence.
Informed by industry-leading threat research, massive global telemetry, frontline incident response investigations, and strategic intelligence partnerships, Unit 42 delivers curated, continuously updated intelligence on threat actors, malware, vulnerabilities, attack campaigns, and emerging threats. Our analysts provide the trusted context and actionable guidance you need to prioritize risk, accelerate investigations, and strengthen your security posture. This information is founded on customer- and incident-based research, as well as AI-powered analysis.
Expert-Led Intelligence Tailored to Your Environment
Work directly with our analysts to apply this frontline knowledge to your organization’s unique risk profile. Our team helps you manage risk and build long-term cyber resilience, whether you’re accelerating technical investigations, informing strategic planning, or supporting executive decisions. You can access these insights and engage with our team seamlessly through the Unit 42 Arcade portal and mobile app. These resources ensure you have relevant insights at your fingertips whether you’re at your desk or on the move.
Unit 42 Threat Intel Services
- Threat Profile Assessment: Ground your strategy with high-impact trends customized for your environment.
- Analyst On-Demand: Maintain team alignment by engaging with the analysts behind the intelligence for custom threat research and analysis to support timely decision-making.
- 1:1 Threat Briefings: Engage in dedicated sessions with Unit 42 analysts to translate global adversary trends into forward-looking guidance for your environment.
- Threat Actor and Malware Profiles: Gain focused visibility into relevant adversaries via battle cards, malware profiles, and mapped tactics to validate your controls and prioritize hunting.
- Emerging Threat Research: Access early, exclusive insights and analysis on emerging campaigns and evolving adversary tactics before they become public headlines, aligning your teams on the most pressing threats.
- Agentic Malware Analysis (xMRE): Get in-depth analysis of malware families affecting your industry to uncover capabilities, infrastructure, and IoCs.
- Unit 42 Threat Feed: Gain visibility into indicators to quickly identify active threats.
- Ask 42 AI: Get personalized insights with AI-empowered summaries for rapid comprehension of the complex threat landscape.
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Unit 42 Designated Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Extend your InfoSec team with a dedicated Unit 42 intelligence expert. This premium service includes the benefits of Unit 42 Threat Intel Expertise as well as provides ongoing collaboration, real-world context, strategic recommendations, and tailored guidance to help you prioritize risk and strengthen your security program.
Unit 42 Deep and Dark Web Service
Benefit from targeted monitoring of deep and dark web sources to identify exposed credentials, stolen data, unauthorized access, and emerging risks before they escalate. Unit 42 analysts monitor on your behalf, filtering out noise to surface the threats most relevant to your organization, helping you detect external exposure earlier, understand evolving threat activity, and respond with confidence.
Leading with Certainty from Awareness to Advantage
Unit 42 Threat InteI Services redefine how you turn intelligence into action, providing the expert context needed to accelerate responsive decisions and strengthen your cyber resilience. The following capabilities power this advantage:
- Unmatched global visibility: We draw on Palo Alto Networks visibility across 38 trillion telemetry signals from firewalls, cloud instances, and endpoints at more than 70,000 customers; and, analyze billions of events and 9 million novel threats daily to identify the threats most relevant to your organization.
- Elite frontline expertise: Gain intelligence informed by thousands of incident response engagements, delivering battle-tested insights that go beyond threat indicators to provide real-world adversary context.
- Analyst partnership: Engage with the analysts behind the intelligence. You receive personalized guidance that enables you to make informed, confident decisions.
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About Unit 42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 brings together world-renowned threat researchers, elite incident responders, and expert security consultants to create an intelligence-driven, response-ready organization that’s passionate about helping you proactively manage cyber risk. Together, our team serves as your trusted advisor to help assess and test your security controls against the right threats, transform your security strategy with a threat-informed approach, and respond to incidents in record time so that you get back to business faster. Visit paloaltonetworks.com/unit42.