NWN, announced an expansion of its partnership with Palo Alto Networks, centered on combining Prisma Access monitoring with NWN?s patented Experience Management Platform (EMP). The new offering is designed to help organizations?including particularly state, local, education (SLED) and public sector agencies?reduce operational complexity by standardizing secure access, visibility, and response workflows through EMP. The launch includes leveraging Prisma Access for service connection monitoring to track availability and performance across secure access paths, data center monitoring to support hybrid and on-prem connectivity models common in public sector deployments, and global status monitoring to provide centralized visibility.

These capabilities establish a consistent operational foundation for customers and NWN service teams?enabling faster detection, clearer prioritization, and more predictable response workflows delivered through EMP. The new collaboration builds on NWN?s position as one of Palo Alto Networks National Partners in North America, supported by deep engineering expertise, authorized Prisma Access service delivery capabilities, and strong momentum across state, local, and education customers. By leveraging Prisma Access with EMP-driven visibility and workflow execution, NWN is moving secure access from a standalone deployment to an operationalized, managed security service model?designed to scale with customer needs and regulatory requirements.