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- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW.NE) provides a comprehensive AI-powered cybersecurity platform that delivers network security, cloud security, security operations, and endpoint protection to enterprises, governments, and organizations worldwide; its core offerings include next-generation firewalls such as physical, virtualized, and containerized models leveraging machine learning for proactive threat prevention; Prisma SASE for secure access service edge combining networking and security; Cortex XSIAM as an AI-driven security operations platform for extended detection and response; Prisma AIRS for AI security protecting against prompt injection, data poisoning, and other AI-specific threats; advanced endpoint protection with GlobalProtect; IoT and OT security solutions; cloud-delivered data loss prevention and DNS security; intrusion prevention systems; and threat intelligence services from Unit 42.
The company, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, operates globally across more than 150 countries, serving over 80,000 customers including most of the Fortune 100 and Global 2000; it targets enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure sectors such as banking, utilities, oil and gas, and healthcare with platforms enabling zero trust, cloud transformation, and AI-driven security.
Recent developments include the September 2024 acquisition of IBM's QRadar SaaS assets for approximately $1.14 billion to enhance Cortex XSIAM with AI-powered security operations and customer migration capabilities; the April 2025 acquisition of Protect AI for an estimated $650-700 million to bolster Prisma AIRS with AI and machine learning application security; and the proposed $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk announced in 2025 to integrate identity security including privileged access management and machine identity into its platform strategy.