Chief Security Officer for Southern Europe, Palo Alto Networks, France

Raphaël Marichez previously occupied cybersecurity and operational responsibilities in the French Government for 10 years. Mostly, as the global Chief information security officer for the French Ministry of Interior, and as the head of the agency within the Prime Minister services, in charge of deploying and operating the federal communication network for all the ministries over the French territory mainland and overseas. He joined Palo Alto Networks as regional CSO in 2020 to fasten the cybersecurity adoption by large companies and public organisations in Southern Europe, strengthening their information systems efficiency, effectiveness and liability, by combining Palo Alto Networks expertise and CISOs/ CIOs/CFOs leadership.