GLOBAL CREDIT UNION
“ We’ ve gone from a very perimeter-based security focus to layered and risk-based, especially as we’ ve moved to cloud”
Dana Gonderzik, Director, Information Security, Global Credit Union
years, initially providing firewall protection but expanding significantly as both organisations have grown.
“ Palo Alto is always looking at how it can become a better partner and what they can offer people,” Dana explains.“ Their products integrate well when you use them both on your perimeter and as your endpoint.”
The credit union recently expanded its Palo Alto implementation to include security information and event management( SIEM) and security orchestration, automation and response( SOAR) tools. These systems help the security team manage incidents more efficiently and automate responses to common threats.
Palo Alto’ s Unit 42 service provides 24 / 7 monitoring, giving Dana and her team some relief from constant vigilance. The company’ s Wildfire, a threat intelligence product, analyses suspicious files in Global
Credit Union’ s environment, identifying and neutralising potential threats before they can cause damage.
The institution also has a multifactor authentication partner to provide identity and access management services, for its multi-factor authentication implementation. These partnerships reflect Dana’ s belief that togetherness provides the best form of defence.
“ If you operate in isolation, you’ re going to be at risk,” she says.
164 March 2026