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News & recognition

Awards, instructor milestones and company updates from a Palo Alto Networks-only training partner.

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News archive

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Palo Alto Networks Authorized Global Training Partner of the Year 2024 for EMEA award
Partner recognition

Consigas named Palo Alto Networks Authorized Global Training Partner of the Year 2024 for EMEA

The recognition highlights Consigas's focus on high-quality Palo Alto Networks training and the active consulting experience its instructors bring to each class.

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Dublin, October 10th, 2024 – Consigas has been honoured with the ‘Authorized Global Training Partner of the Year 2024 for EMEA’ award from Palo Alto Networks. The award highlights Consigas’ commitment to delivering high-quality Palo Alto Networks training.

Consigas’ Unique Approach to Cybersecurity Training

The award was presented during a Palo Alto Networks quarterly business review and honours a select group of Authorized Training Partners that have demonstrated excellence in customer satisfaction, enablement and collaborative engagement.

“Receiving the Global Training Partner of the Year award is a testament to our unique philosophy. Our instructors are active security consultants, solving real-world challenges every day, and they bring that invaluable experience into the classroom. It’s this blend of theory and practice that sets our training apart, empowering our students with practical skills to tackle today’s evolving cyber threats.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director & Co-Founder at Consigas

“Consigas has been an outstanding partner, consistently demonstrating dedication to our shared mission of protecting our digital way of life. Their trainers’ real-world expertise enriches the learning experience, equipping businesses with the skills needed to secure their digital environments. We congratulate Consigas on this well-deserved award.”

Durdica Misaljevic, Sr. Training Partner Program Manager – EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks Excellence in Training Award for 2022
Excellence in Training

Consigas receives the Palo Alto Networks Excellence in Training Award for 2022

The 2022 recognition celebrated the quality of Consigas training and the consultant-instructor model behind its practical, live learning experience.

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Dublin, Jan 30th, 2023 – Consigas, a cyber security consultancy company, announced today it received the Palo Alto Networks ‘Excellence in Training’ award for 2022.

Announced during the Palo Alto Networks quarterly business review, annual awards are presented to an elite group of Authorized Training Partners (ATPs) that, over the past 12 months, have excelled in the following areas:

  • Customer Satisfaction: Evaluation scores rank Consigas as one of the top-rated training partners
  • Enablement: Consigas trained the most Palo Alto Networks customers and partners worldwide
  • Engagement: Nominated by the Palo Alto Networks team

“Receiving the Excellence in Training award for the third time means a lot to us, and I want to recognise that this is especially an achievement of our instructors. As security consultants, they bring real-world experience into the classroom, and customers tell us this makes all the difference to the training.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director / Co-Founder, Consigas

“We have innovated training by virtualising the classroom and providing instructor-led online training that makes learning more effective and flexible. Receiving the Palo Alto Networks Excellence in Training award is also a recognition of our online teaching method.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director / Co-Founder, Consigas

“We are proud to recognize Consigas on their Excellence in Training Award for making a difference in enabling our mutual customers to protect their digital way of life. With its ongoing commitment to Palo Alto Networks as a Global Authorized Training Partner, Consigas has proven itself a trusted advisor for customers seeking to successfully navigate the rapidly changing and complex global security landscape.”

Ernie Campbell, Sr. Manager, Global Training Delivery at Palo Alto Networks

About Consigas

Consigas is a Cyber Security Solution Provider specialising in Palo Alto Networks. With over twelve years of experience working with Palo Alto Networks, Consigas has gained a unique field experience. We not only provide security, but we enable our customers to defend themselves from a rapidly changing threat landscape through consultancy and training.

CYBERFORCE Guardian 2021 recognition graphic
Instructor recognition

Three Consigas instructors recognised as CYBERFORCE Guardians

The announcement recognised three instructors for consultancy projects delivered during the preceding year—direct evidence of the field experience they bring into training.

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Real-life experience brought into the classroom – we are immensely proud for three of our instructors to be the only trainer worldwide that have earned the CyberForce Guardian for the consultancy projects that they have delivered over the last year.

Palo Alto Networks EMEA Excellence in Training Award for 2019
Excellence in Training

Consigas receives the Palo Alto Networks EMEA Excellence in Training Award for 2019

The award recognised training performance, with Consigas emphasising the value of instructors who design, implement and support Palo Alto Networks solutions in their consulting work.

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Dublin, Oct 1st, 2019 – Consigas, the Cyber Security Consultants, today announced it received the Palo Alto Networks EMEA Excellence in Training Award.

Announced during the Palo Alto Networks Sales Kickoff 2020 in Las Vegas, these annual awards are presented to an elite group of NextWave partners that over the past 12 months have excelled in the following areas:

  • Customer Satisfaction: Evaluation scores rank Consigas as one of the top-rated training partners
  • Enablement: Number of trained Palo Alto Networks customers and partners
  • Engagement: Nominated by the Palo Alto Networks team

“We are very pleased to have received the EMEA Excellence in Training award for the second time and want to thank especially our trainer. Customers tell us that their experience as security consultants, designing, implementing, and supporting Palo Alto Networks solutions daily, makes all the difference to the training.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director / Co-Founder, Consigas

“We have innovated training by virtualising the classroom and providing instructor-led online training that makes learning more effective and flexible. Receiving the Palo Alto Networks EMEA Excellence in Training award means a lot to us as it recognises the effectiveness of our online teaching method.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director / Co-Founder, Consigas

“We are fully committed to helping our partners secure the enterprise, cloud, and future together. Today’s customers need trusted advisors, our NextWave partners, to successfully navigate the rapidly changing and complex security landscape. We’re proud to recognize Consigas on their EMEA Excellence in Training Award for delivering valuable business outcomes and helping our mutual customers protect their digital way of life.”

Karl Soderlund, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales at Palo Alto Networks

About Consigas

Consigas is a Cyber Security Solution Provider specialised on Palo Alto Networks. With over nine years’ experience in working with Palo Alto Networks, Consigas has gained a unique field experience. We not only provide security, but we enable our customers to defend themselves from a rapidly changing threat landscape through consultancy and training.

Consigas team receiving the Palo Alto Networks NextWave 2016 EMEA Excellence in Training Award
Excellence in Training

Consigas receives the Palo Alto Networks NextWave 2016 EMEA Excellence in Training Award

The archive's earliest announcement recognised Consigas training performance and its instructors' practical experience with Palo Alto Networks security solutions.

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L–R: Linda Moss – Vice President Global Enablement at Palo Alto Networks, Lydia Meyer – Training Manager at Consigas, Lars Meyer – Technical Director at Consigas, Brett Eldridge – SVP of Global Customer Services at Palo Alto Networks, Jeannine Toeter – Partner Services Program Manager EMEA at Palo Alto Networks

DUBLIN, November 4 2016 – Consigas today announced it received the Palo Alto Networks NextWave 2016 EMEA Excellence in Training award during an awards gala and dinner at the Palo Alto Networks Sales Kickoff event in Nashville, Tennessee.

Consigas was honoured with the award for its training performance, including top instructor evaluations from students across the region. Consigas also provides feedback about new and existing courses to the Palo Alto Networks education content team.

Quotes

“We are pleased to recognise and congratulate Consigas for its ongoing commitment to Palo Alto Networks as an Elite Authorized Training Center. The NextWave 2016 EMEA Excellence in Training award recognises Consigas’ focus on delivering top quality training and education that maintains the high-quality standards that Palo Alto Networks requires of its own instructors and training organizations.”

Brett Eldridge, SVP of Global Customer Services, Palo Alto Networks

“We have innovated training by virtualising the classroom and providing instructor-led online training that makes learning more effective and flexible. Receiving the Palo Alto Networks NextWave 2016 EMEA Excellence in Training award means a lot to us as it recognises the effectiveness of our online teaching methods.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director, Consigas

“Besides our training methodology, I believe the difference in the classroom is our trainers, who are security professionals with several years of experience in designing, implementing and supporting the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform. It’s their vast experience and understanding of security best practices that have a positive impact on our students.”

Lars Meyer, Technical Director, Consigas

About Consigas

Consigas is an IT consultancy company specialised in Palo Alto Networks network security solutions. Our specialisation enables us to provide the full services spectrum reaching from network security audits to solution design, project implementation, support, managed services and training.

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