Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire Protect AI for an undisclosed sum to expand its capabilities to help government agencies and enterprises protect their ecosystems of artificial intelligence models, agents and related tools from security risks. Palo Alto Networks said Monday it expects the transaction to close by the first quarter of its fisc...
Adam Geller, a security industry veteran with 25 years of experience as a product and engineering professional, has been named chief product officer at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS). The cloud security company said Monday Geller will be responsible for scaling and accelerating Zscaler’s next phase of innovation and growth. Jay Chaudhry, CEO, ...
David Kubicki, senior manager of solution architects for the public sector at Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), said an ideal cloud security platform enables government agencies to address security requirements “while enabling them to expand for additional use cases as their cloud maturity increases.” “Adopting a platform designed with flexib...
The defense and government investment banking team of financial services company Raymond James has released a report highlighting the financial performance of several public companies in the government contracting market, recent mergers and acquisitions and major contracts awarded in 2023....
By Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector at Palo Alto Networks The buzz around the concept of zero trust seems to have reached a fever pitch in recent months, with organizations and leaders proudly proclaiming they’ve “zero-trust-ed” this or “zero-trust-ed” that. While perhaps an inevitable byproduct of hype cycles...
Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW) has closed its acquisition of Talon Cyber Security for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to further extend the capability of its secure access service edge platform in safeguarding managed and unmanaged devices. Santa Clara, California-based Palo Alto Networks said Thursday it will integrate its Prisma SASE plat...
Ryan Gillis, a cybersecurity executive, has joined cloud security company Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) as senior vice president and global head of government partnerships. In this role, he will build and oversee a team focused on advancing Zscaler’s policy, operational and technical relationships with governments worldwide, including improving collaborati...
Bill Cull, a 25-year public sector sales leader, has been named vice president of federal at Austin, Texas-based cybercrime analytics company SpyCloud. In this capacity, he will oversee SpyCloud’s growth strategy, build up the company’s government client base and channel program with system integrators, value-added resellers and distributors and...
By Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector at Palo Alto Networks Today’s zero trust conversation has matured since it was originally popularized in 2010 by John Kindervag, one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts and a Palo Alto Networks alum. Although the urgency and capabilities for zero trust have exploded in t...
Derrick Pledger, a senior vice president and chief information officer at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said government agencies seeking to drive digital modernization efforts to improve operations and address mission challenges should look for a vendor that is focused on building deep technical partnerships to develop new platforms and capabilities for agen...
