GuidePoint Security Named the Palo Alto Networks 2025 North America Growth Partner of the Year
RESTON, Va. (March 12, 2026) — GuidePoint Security, the cybersecurity advisor and services partner organizations rely on to protect what matters most, announced today that it has received the Palo Alto Networks 2025 North America Growth Partner of the Year Award.
These annual awards recognize an elite group of Palo Alto Networks partners that have demonstrated exceptional performance and commitment to customer security over the past fiscal year. This year’s recipients were determined through a data-driven methodology that evaluated partners across a comprehensive set of key performance indicators, including:
- Performance: Bookings volume & growth, new customer growth, partner-initiated business, and deal volume & growth
- Strategic Engagement: Demonstrated acquisition of net-new logos and success in partner-initiated business and pipeline development
“This recognition reflects more than a year of strong growth—it reflects over a decade of commitment to the Palo Alto Networks partnership,” said Mark Thornberry, SVP, Partnerships at GuidePoint Security. “Our deep expertise across the Palo Alto Networks platform — from NGFW and Prisma to Cortex XSIAM — enables us to deliver meaningful, lasting security outcomes for our customers. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved together and look forward to what’s ahead.”
“In cybersecurity, a trusted partner ecosystem is the engine that drives security transformations throughout the entire customer journey,” said Simone Gammeri, Chief Partnerships Officer at Palo Alto Networks. “Our partners are more than just a route to market; they are essential to helping customers modernize their infrastructure and adopt the AI-powered, platform-based security needed for today’s scale. We’re proud to recognize GuidePoint Security as North America Growth Partner of the Year, celebrating their role in evolving our customers’ security infrastructure and solving complex security challenges together.”
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About GuidePoint Security
GuidePoint Security helps organizations overcome the most complex cybersecurity challenges, mature their security posture, minimize risk and ensure compliance. As a trusted cybersecurity advisor and partner, GuidePoint keeps people, data, and operations safe. We deliver tailored cybersecurity services and offerings that adapt and scale to safeguard the nation’s leading organizations today, while preparing them to confidently face tomorrow’s cyber challenges. More than 5,500 organizations of all sizes and across every industry, as well as over half of U.S. cabinet-level agencies, rely on GuidePoint to strengthen their defenses and reduce risk.
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