Palo Alto Networks Debuts Automated AI Agent to Combat Cyber ​​Attacks

palo alto networks on Tuesday launched a new artificial intelligence agent that allows customers to automate certain cybersecurity actions.

The new agent, known as Cortex AgentiX, handles threat intelligence investigations, responds to email compromises, and can be deployed on a variety of security vendor platforms. The tool will be available starting Tuesday through several of Palo Alto’s current cloud services and is expected to launch as a separate platform next year.

CEO Nikesh Arora told reporters and analysts last week that the new AI agent is in response to growing customer demand for more automated features. He added that most agents will have human intermediaries handling reviews.

In the age of AI, companies are racing to find new ways to combat increasingly sophisticated and complex cyber-attacks. Earlier this month, the cybersecurity firm F5The company’s stock price fell 10% after the company announced that it had been the victim of a national hack.

Arora said he was concerned that some companies still “have the illusion that they are very secure.”

Palo Alto Networks is at a major turning point as it integrates its $25 billion acquisition of Israeli identity security vendor CyberArk.

Shortly after the news broke, Arora told CNBC that the deal brings together CyberArk and Palo Alto’s AI and security ambitions.

“We’re looking for a great product and a team that can run that product, and we’re letting them run it,” he said.

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