Palo Alto Networks has completed the acquisition of Protect AI, a signature specialized in the protection of artificial intelligence applications and models (AI). This acquisition accelerates Palo Alto Networks’s commitment to ensure the next generation of technological infrastructure, as an environment increasingly defined by the rapid proliferation of AI. The result is a company capable of responding to the demand for organizations in all key sectors – from finance, government and health to industry and retail – which take advantage of AI to innovate. This establishes Palo Alto Networks as the final standard in integral security for AI.
The integration of Protect AI’s visionary technology and its team of experts will be a Palo Alto Networks cornerstone PRISMA AIRSthe most complete artificial intelligence security platform in the sector. Organizations are building increasingly complex ecosystems of models, applications and AI agents. This generates a new and dynamic attack surface, whose risks cannot be addressed with traditional security approaches. The combination of Protect AI and Palo Alto Networks brings together capacities such as models scan, security position management, AI network, execution time protection and the safety of AI agents. Thanks to this, Prisma Airs is able to help companies with confidence deploying innovation promoted by AI, at the same time ensuring a solid security posture from development to execution.
Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and General Director of Network Security at Palo Alto Networkshas declared: «The promise of AI is immense, but so are security risks. Our clients are adopting AI at high speed and seek a partner that can protect their complete scale ecosystem. Protect AI’s capabilities are a very powerful complement to our innovative prism airs platform and expand our ability to offer depth and amplitude in AI safety to provide protection throughout the entire life cycle of artificial intelligence ».
Ian SwansonCEO of Protect AI and that is incorporated into Palo Alto Networks as Vice President of Product for Prisma Airs, he commented: «Uniting forces with Palo Alto Networks promotes our team and our security platform for AI towards a new era of scale and impact. Our vision has always been to make AI secure and reliable for all. With the global scope of Palo Alto Networks, his deep experience in cybersecurity and his commitment to innovation, we can accelerate this vision exponentially. We are delighted to integrate our abilities to Prisma Airs and continue innovating to empower a broader client base to build and deploy ia with courage ».
With the purchase, Palo Alto wants to ensure a relevant role in the next generation of technological infrastructure where AI will have a leading role
Read Strategic partner of both companies, is already demonstrating how to accelerate the AI safely for government clients through Prisma Airs, reflecting the expectation of hundreds of organizations for a comprehensive security platform.
Eric Moore, Cto of the Digital Modernization Sector in Leidos, has pointed out:«Protect AI – from the model file to its execution behavior – requires a holistic approach based on platform. With Protect AI as part of Palo Alto Networks, organizations can now trust a single supplier to address risks of end to extreme, including vulnerabilities scan in models, automated networking network and protection in execution time. This is especially critical in regulated sectors and national security environments, where the adoption of AI is accelerated and the risks are particularly high. The acquisition represents a great step forward in the delivery of the safe design – from the code until the deployment in critical missions. As one of Protect AI users, Leidos is proud to help the most advanced government and industrial users to build, deploy and manage insurance systems aligned with the national security objectives ».
For Télus Digitalleading digital services provider at the forefront of transformation through AI, ensuring its new artificial intelligence tools is a priority.
As a pioneer client of prism airs, Steve Jablonski, Télus digital cisoexplained: «What is most excited about Prisma Airs is the ability to see how the calls to the API are being made. We can observe the malicious detections that are being executed by the AI tools throughout the environment. ”
