Topic: palo alto networks
Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of CyberArk to Secure the AI Era
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the completion of its acquisition of CyberArk, establishing Identity Security as a core pillar of its platformization strategy. The addition of the CyberArk Identity Security Platform enables Palo Alto Networks to secure every identity across the enterprise – human, machine, and agentic. Identity … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks Completes Chronosphere Acquisition, Unifying Observability and Security for the AI Era
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As enterprises increasingly rely on AI to run digital operations, protect assets, and drive growth, success depends on one critical factor: trusted, high-quality, real-time data. Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Chronosphere addressing a core challenge of the AI era: the inability … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Chronosphere, Next-Gen Observability Leader, for the AI Era
Cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire observability platform provider Chronosphere for $3.35 billion in cash and equity, subject to changes in the deal’s value. The deal enhances Palo Alto Networks’ ability to help organizations build a unified data and security fouhdation required for today’s applications … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks’ latest firewalls include defenses for post-quantum world
Palo Alto Networks is baking post-quantum security best practices into the latest release of PAN-OS, its firewall software. It is releasing Next-Generation Firewall models that are optimized for quantum computing. PAN-OS 12.1 adds support for all of NIST’s standard post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms, including FIPS 203: ML-KEM, FIPS 204: ML-DSA, and FIPS 205: SLH-DSA. It … continue reading
AI updates in ITOps platforms announced in April 2025
IT vendors are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms to help IT operations teams be more efficient and productive. Here are several of those updates from the past month. ArmorCode introduces Anya, its agentic AI solution for security teams The point of Anya was to create a conversational, virtual … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks secures AI ecosystem with launch of Prisma AIRS
Palo Alto Networks has announced the availability of Prisma AIRS, a new AI security platform designed to protect an organization’s entire AI ecosystem, including AI apps, agents, model, and data. It ensures safe adoption of AI by scanning models for vulnerabilities, assessing risks associated with the AI ecosystem (ex. sensitive data exposure or platform misconfigurations), … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks updates Prisma SASE with enhancements to Zero Trust, user experience
Palo Alto Networks is introducing new updates to its platform that will help companies achieve Zero Trust security with its Prisma SASE application. Prisma SASE is a cloud-native architecture that integrates SD-WAN and security. “The strong force of distributed resources is shaping today’s organizations – workers are hybrid and applications are increasingly moving to the … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks to acquire browser start-up Talon Cyber Security
Palo Alto Networks has confirmed its intent to acquire Talon Cyber Security, known for its Enterprise Browser technology. According to Palo Alto Networks, the acquisition of Talon’s Enterprise Browser will enhance Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) solution, which converges network security, SD-WAN, and autonomous digital experience management in a single service. … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks announces partnership with Zoom to create solutions to help IT troubleshoot issues
Palo Alto announced an integration between its Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) which is part of Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access and Zoom Quality of Service Subscription (QSS), which is an add-on to the video communication platform Zoom that provides details about network traffic. The integration is part of a commitment to create joint solutions. … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Palo Alto Networks’ new firewalls; Dynatrace’s updated security features; Tigera integrates zero trust into Calico Cloud
Security company Palo Alto Networks has announced new firewalls powered by machine learning technology. The new models, PA-3400 and PA-5400 Series provide three times improved security over previous models offered by the company, according to Palo Alto Networks. When compared to the previous models, the PA-5400 has seven times more content inspection per core, with … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud release new threat detection service
Palo Alto Networks just announced an expansion to its partnership with Google Cloud to help make cloud adoption more secure. Together they are releasing Cloud IDS, which is a threat detection service. “Businesses are betting on the cloud for their most important initiatives, and one of the most fundamental factors to their success will be … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IBM acquires Nordcloud, Sysdig achieves SOC Type II Compliance, and Palo Alto Networks helping mitigate SolarWinds vulnerability
IBM has announced it is acquiring European cloud company Nordcloud to further its cloud migration capabilities. Prior to the acquisition, Nordcloud provided its customers with cloud implementation, transformation, and managed services. “Our clients are increasingly taking a more holistic approach to application modernization that allows them to operate across a traditional IT environment, private cloud … continue reading
