Your Fast-Track to Cortex Expertise

Cortex10 is Westcon’s 10-week expert challenge to guide, prepare and support you to get your “Palo Alto Networks Accredited Systems Engineer (PSE): Cortex Professional” certification in just 10 short weeks. Cortex10 is right for you if:

You want support with your learning

You want your PSE certs ASAP

You can invest 1-2h/week for 10 weeks

You want the cost of your PSE-P exam to be covered

Become a Cortex expert and receive FREE sales qualified leads

The first four partners to attend Cortex10 and start building their sales pipeline will receive $3000 worth of sales qualified leads. The steps to qualify are simple - all you need to do before 15th July 2022 is:

1. Opt in

Register for the incentive by agreeing to the T&Cs and ticking the additional box on the registration form

2. Attend

Attend a minimum of three Cortex10 virtual sessions in full

3. Get certified

Provide proof of at least two “Sales Product Specialist (SPS) – XDR & XSOAR” certified individuals within your organisation

4. Get buzzed

Run your own Cortex Buzz Day (sales callout day) with Westcon’s support

Once four partners meet the criteria above we’ll execute a 25-day Cortex telemarketing campaign, allocating end-user leads to the corresponding partners. We’ll do the hard work for you, from identifying the target data and managing the agency, to supporting you during your sales conversations. By combining our unmatched Westcon iD data analytics capabilities with your data insights, we’ll work with you to acheve maximum results.

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What the 10-week challenge looks like

In 10 weeks, we’re helping you achieve the certifications required to become a Cortex Specialised Partner - meaning you’ll have exclusive access to additional discounts and rebates to increase your profitability. View the full specialisation requirements on the right to see how you stack up.

Cortex10 self learning prerequisites

Week Activity Time required
Week 2 Cortex XSOAR: sales sprint video, overview deck and train-the-trainer video

Cortex XDR: sales sprint video & train-the-trainer video		 65 mins
Week 4 PSE: Foundation digital learning 2 hours

Plus suggested additional learning paths


Cortex10 guided virtual sessions 
This time we’re prepping you for your Cortex sales and tech certifications from weeks 1-5, whilst weeks 6-9 are all about use cases and how you can deploy Cortex to create services for your customers. Increase revenue by quickly implementing the most effective defence for your customers’ organisations.

Week Activity Time required
Week 1 17th March 11am (CET) - Cortex10 kick-off and channel insight
With Palo Alto Networks' Antoine Bridenne and Westcon's Peter Woest		 1 hour
Week 2 24th March 11am (CET) - Level-Up Cortex SOC
With Westcon's Karthik Kumar and Peter Woest		 1.5 hours
Week 3 31st March 11am (CET) - Level-Up Cortex XDR
With Westcon's Frederik Adriaens and Peter Woest		 1.5 hours
Week 4 7th April 11am (CET) - PSE-A Cortex XDR
With Westcon's Frederik Adriaens and Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 5 14th April 11am (CET) - PSE-A Cortex XSOAR
With Westcon's Karthik Kumar and Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 6 21st April 11am (CET) - Manage your attack surface with Cortex Xpanse
With Palo Alto Networks' Tommi Kallberg and Westcon's Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 7 28th April 11am (CET) - Cortex XDR Managed Services and deployment models
With Palo Alto Networks' Tommi Kallberg and Westcon's Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 8 5th May 11am (CET) - Cortex XSOAR security automation use cases and co-managed deployment models
With Palo Alto Networks' Tommi Kallberg and Westcon's Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 9 12th May 11am (CET) - Ask the experts
With Palo Alto Networks' Tommi Kallberg and Westcon's Peter Woest		 2 hours
Week 10 Cortex PSE Professional exam - book your exam early to secure a spot. Free exam vouchers available!

All session recordings and slides will be made available on demand. Once you register, we’ll send you all the relevant details, links and diary markers to kick off your Cortex-10 journey.