Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of Protect AI
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) has completed the acquisition of Protect AI, a leader in AI application and model security. The strategic acquisition enhances PANW's Prisma AIRS platform, creating a comprehensive AI security solution that covers the entire AI lifecycle from development through runtime.
The integration brings together critical capabilities including model scanning, posture management, AI red teaming, runtime protection, and AI agent security. Protect AI's CEO Ian Swanson joins PANW as VP of Product for Prisma AIRS, while early adopters like Leidos and TELUS Digital have already begun implementing the combined solution.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) ha completato l'acquisizione di Protect AI, un'azienda leader nella sicurezza delle applicazioni e dei modelli di intelligenza artificiale. Questa acquisizione strategica potenzia la piattaforma Prisma AIRS di PANW, creando una soluzione di sicurezza AI completa che copre l'intero ciclo di vita dell'intelligenza artificiale, dallo sviluppo all'esecuzione.
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Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) ha completado la adquisición de Protect AI, un líder en seguridad de aplicaciones y modelos de inteligencia artificial. Esta adquisición estratégica mejora la plataforma Prisma AIRS de PANW, creando una solución integral de seguridad AI que abarca todo el ciclo de vida de la IA, desde el desarrollo hasta la ejecución.
La integración reúne capacidades clave como escaneo de modelos, gestión de postura, AI red teaming, protección en tiempo de ejecución y seguridad de agentes AI. Ian Swanson, CEO de Protect AI, se une a PANW como vicepresidente de producto para Prisma AIRS, mientras que usuarios pioneros como Leidos y TELUS Digital ya han comenzado a implementar la solución combinada.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW)가 AI 애플리케이션 및 모델 보안 분야의 선두주자인 Protect AI를 인수 완료했습니다. 이번 전략적 인수로 PANW의 Prisma AIRS 플랫폼이 강화되어 개발부터 실행(runtime)까지 AI 전체 수명 주기를 아우르는 포괄적인 AI 보안 솔루션을 제공하게 되었습니다.
이번 통합을 통해 모델 스캐닝, 자세 관리, AI 레드 팀, 실행 시 보호, AI 에이전트 보안 등 핵심 기능들이 결합되었습니다. Protect AI의 CEO인 Ian Swanson은 Prisma AIRS 제품 부문 부사장으로 PANW에 합류했으며, Leidos와 TELUS Digital 같은 초기 도입 기업들은 이미 통합 솔루션을 적용하기 시작했습니다.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ : PANW) a finalisé l'acquisition de Protect AI, un leader dans la sécurité des applications et des modèles d'intelligence artificielle. Cette acquisition stratégique renforce la plateforme Prisma AIRS de PANW, créant une solution complète de sécurité IA couvrant tout le cycle de vie de l'IA, du développement à l'exécution.
L'intégration rassemble des capacités clés telles que l'analyse des modèles, la gestion de la posture, le AI red teaming, la protection en temps réel et la sécurité des agents IA. Ian Swanson, PDG de Protect AI, rejoint PANW en tant que vice-président produit pour Prisma AIRS, tandis que des premiers adopteurs comme Leidos et TELUS Digital ont déjà commencé à déployer la solution combinée.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) hat die Übernahme von Protect AI, einem führenden Unternehmen im Bereich der Sicherheit von KI-Anwendungen und -Modellen, abgeschlossen. Diese strategische Akquisition verbessert die Prisma AIRS-Plattform von PANW und schafft eine umfassende KI-Sicherheitslösung, die den gesamten KI-Lebenszyklus von der Entwicklung bis zur Laufzeit abdeckt.
Die Integration vereint wichtige Funktionen wie Modell-Scanning, Posture-Management, AI Red Teaming, Laufzeitschutz und Sicherheit von AI-Agenten. Ian Swanson, CEO von Protect AI, tritt PANW als VP Produkt für Prisma AIRS bei, während frühe Anwender wie Leidos und TELUS Digital bereits mit der Implementierung der kombinierten Lösung begonnen haben.
- Strategic expansion into the rapidly growing AI security market
- Comprehensive end-to-end AI security capabilities through Prisma AIRS platform
- Early adoption by major enterprise customers like Leidos and TELUS Digital
- Acquisition of Protect AI's expert team and innovative technology
- Integration challenges may arise when combining the two companies' technologies
- Significant investment required in rapidly evolving AI security market
Insights
PANW strengthens AI security leadership by acquiring Protect AI, enhancing its Prisma AIRS platform for comprehensive AI lifecycle protection.
Palo Alto Networks has completed the acquisition of Protect AI, significantly bolstering its AI security capabilities at a critical time when organizations across industries are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence. This strategic move directly addresses an emerging security gap in the market—the need to protect the entire AI lifecycle from development through runtime.
The integration brings critical capabilities to Palo Alto's Prisma AIRS platform, including model scanning, posture management, AI red teaming, runtime protection, and AI agent security. This comprehensive approach positions PANW to offer protection against the unique attack vectors created by AI systems, which traditional security tools aren't designed to address.
What makes this acquisition particularly valuable is its timing and specificity. As companies across finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail increasingly build complex AI ecosystems, they face new security challenges that require specialized solutions. The acquisition appears well-aligned with actual market demand, evidenced by testimonials from early adopters like Leidos (government) and TELUS Digital (telecommunications).
Protect AI's CEO Ian Swanson joining as VP of Product for Prisma AIRS ensures continuity of vision and expertise. This talent acquisition component shouldn't be overlooked—securing specialized AI security talent is extremely challenging in today's market.
The strategic value of this acquisition lies in how it positions Palo Alto Networks as the "definitive standard for comprehensive AI security" during a period of explosive AI adoption. By securing AI at both the model and runtime levels, PANW is addressing security concerns that could otherwise slow enterprise AI adoption, potentially creating a virtuous cycle where their security enables faster AI implementation, which in turn expands their addressable market.
Extends AI security leadership with comprehensive protection for the entire AI lifecycle
The integration of Protect AI's forward-thinking technology and its team of experts will be a cornerstone of Palo Alto Networks' Prisma® AIRS™, the industry's most comprehensive AI security platform. Organizations are increasingly building complex ecosystems of AI models, applications, and agents. This creates a dynamic new attack surface with risks that traditional security approaches cannot address. The combination of Protect AI and Palo Alto Networks brings together model scanning, posture management, AI red teaming, runtime protection, and AI agent security, enabling Prisma AIRS to help businesses confidently deploy AI-driven innovation while ensuring a formidable security posture from development through runtime.
Anand Oswal, SVP and GM of Network Security, Palo Alto Networks, said:
"The promise of AI is immense, but so are the security risks. Our customers are moving quickly to adopt AI and are asking for a partner who can secure their entire AI ecosystem at scale. Protect AI's capabilities are a powerful complement to our innovative Prisma AIRS platform, and scales our ability to provide both depth and breadth in AI security to deliver protection across the entire AI lifecycle."
Protect AI CEO Ian Swanson joins Palo Alto Networks as VP, Product, Prisma AIRS, comments:
"Joining forces with Palo Alto Networks propels our team and AI security platform into a new era of scale and impact. Our vision has always been to make AI secure, safe, and trustworthy for everyone. With Palo Alto Networks' global reach, deep cybersecurity expertise, and commitment to innovation, we can accelerate this vision exponentially. We are thrilled to integrate our capabilities into Prisma AIRS and continue innovating to empower a broader set of customers to build and deploy AI bravely."
Innovation and technology leader Leidos, a strategic partner to both companies, is already demonstrating safe AI acceleration for government customers with Prisma AIRS, reflecting the anticipation of hundreds of organizations for a single, comprehensive security platform.
Eric Moore, CTO, Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos said:
"Securing AI—from the model file to runtime behavior—requires a holistic, platform-based approach. With Protect AI now part of Palo Alto Networks, organizations can rely on a single vendor to address end-to-end AI risk, including model vulnerability scanning, automated red teaming, and runtime protection. This is especially critical in regulated industries and national security environments where the adoption of AI is accelerating and the risks are uniquely high. The acquisition represents a leap forward in delivering Secure AI By Design—from code to mission-critical deployment. As one of the early adopters of Protect AI, Leidos is proud to help the most advanced government and industry users build, deploy, and manage secure AI systems aligned with national security objectives."
For TELUS Digital, a leading telecommunications provider at the forefront of AI transformation, securing new AI tools is a top priority.
As an early customer of Prisma AIRS, Steve Jablonski, CTO, TELUS Digital, shares:
"What we're excited about with Prisma AIRS is the ability to see how API calls are being made. We can look at malicious detections that are being performed by AI tools across the board."
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated benefits and impact of the acquisition on Palo Alto Networks and its customers. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including, but not limited to: the ability of Palo Alto Networks to integrate Protect AI's technology, operations and business; developments and changes in general market, political, economic, and business conditions; failure of our product offerings; failure to achieve the expected benefits of our acquisitions; risks associated with managing our growth; risks associated with new product, subscription and support offerings, including our efforts to leverage AI; shifts in priorities or delays in the development or release of new offerings, or the failure to timely develop and achieve market acceptance of new products and subscriptions as well as existing products, subscriptions and support offerings; failure of our business strategies; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market for security products, subscriptions and support offerings; defects, errors, or vulnerabilities in our products, subscriptions or support offerings; our customers' purchasing decisions and the length of sales cycles; our competition; our ability to attract and retain new customers; our ability to acquire and integrate other companies, products, or technologies in a successful manner; our debt repayment obligations; and our share repurchase program, which may not be fully consummated or enhance shareholder value, and any share repurchases which could affect the price of our common stock.
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