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Sign In to the Critical Defense Program Portal

Access the Critical Defense Program portal to submit pre-disclosure vulnerabilities and review exploitation telemetry from Palo Alto Networks.
Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
  • Prisma Access
  • NGFW
  • Critical Defense Program membership (contact Palo Alto Networks to apply)
  • Active Palo Alto Networks customer support portal (support.paloaltonetworks.com) account
As part of the Critical Defense Program, Palo Alto Networks provides a secure dashboard where you submit pre-disclosure vulnerabilities, track the status of your submissions through the evaluation pipeline, and retrieve exploitation telemetry that Palo Alto Networks returns after virtual patches are live. Access requires an approved Critical Defense Program membership and your account credentials provisioned by Palo Alto Networks.
The Critical Defense Program is currently invite-only and Palo Alto Networks is not accepting open registrations. To submit a request for membership, visit the Critical Defense Program page and click Be A Collaborator to contact Palo Alto Networks with your request.
  1. Sign in to the Critical Defense Program portal.
  2. Enter your organization email address and password, then click Sign In.
    For example, enter <your-name>@<organization>.com.
    If your organization uses single sign-on (SSO), click Sign in with SSO and enter your organization's identity provider credentials.
  3. Complete multifactor authentication (MFA) if prompted by your identity provider.
  4. Verify that the Critical Defense Program portal dashboard displays your organization's submissions and any telemetry reports available for your account.
    If you receive an access denied message after signing in, Palo Alto Networks might not have provisioned your account for Critical Defense Program membership yet. Contact your Palo Alto Networks account team to confirm your membership status.