Palo Alto Networks, a global leader in cybersecurity, is deepening its focus on cloud security with the introduction ofCortex® CloudThe new version of Prisma Cloud brings together releases of its best cloud detection and response (CDR) solutions and native environment application protection (CNAPP) on the unified Cortex platform. The solution equips security teams with significant innovations driven by AI and automation that go beyond traditional cloud security approaches and interrupt attacks in real time.
Unit 42® reports reveal that80% of security exposuresoccurred on cloud attack surfaces, a66% increase in threats targeting environments of this natureAs cloud adoption and AI usage grow, Cortex Cloud unifies data, automates workflows, and applies AI-driven insights to reduce risks, prevent threats, and stop attacks in real time. The solution was designed to ingest and analyze data from third-party tools, providing centralized visibility and end-to-end remediation across the cloud security ecosystem.
Lee Klarich, Chief Product Officer at Palo Alto Networks, said: “As more business-critical applications move to the cloud, security needs to evolve to include rapid, high-level protection. To make it as easy as possible for our customers to adopt comprehensive security, we are including CNAPP at no additional cost for every Cortex Cloud Runtime Security customer. We are delivering the next generation of cloud security, enabling organizations to rapidly prevent, detect, investigate and respond to threats across their entire infrastructure.”
The Cortex Cloud strengthens Palo Alto Networks' platformization strategy by restructuring cloud security on the AI-based Cortex SecOps platform, providing a unified and powerful user experience with dashboards and workflows tailored to different profiles. The tool helps clients achieve superior protection with a significantly lower total cost of ownership, offering additional value and new features, including:
- Application Security:Build secure applications and prevent problems before they become vulnerabilities in production that can be exploited by intruders. The Cortex Cloud identifies and prioritizes vulnerabilities across the entire development pipeline, providing end-to-end context between code, runtime, cloud, and new third-party scanners.
- Cloud Security Posture:Improve risk management in multi-cloud environments with AI-based prioritization, guided fixes to address multiple risks with a single action, and automated remediation. Furthermore, Cortex Cloud offers a unified user experience with full integration across all Prisma Cloud cloud security posture capabilities.
- Cloud runtime:interrupt attacks in real time. The launch natively integrates the Cortex XDR unified agent, enriched with additional cloud data sources, to prevent threats with advanced analytics. All of this is proven by industry-leading results in the latest MITRE ATT&CK tests. The new cloud runtime security offering includes the world's best CNAPP capabilities at no additional cost, maximizing end-to-end security adoption on a single platform.
- SOC: The preferred SOC platform for companies and cloud environments goes beyond what any SIEM can offer. The Cortex Cloud natively integrates cloud data, context, and workflows within Cortex XSIAM, significantly reducing the mean time to respond (MTTR) to modern threats with a unified SecOps solution.
“Security teams need to mitigate risk to reduce the likelihood of cyber incidents, and respond as quickly as possible if they do occur. Our research shows that teams struggle with effective remediation because application security, cloud security, and related operations tools and processes have traditionally operated in silos. With the introduction of Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks is delivering a unified code-to-cloud and SOC platform. The goal is to provide security teams with the context they need to prioritize and execute remediation actions that have the greatest impact on reducing risk, while accelerating detection and response across security operations,” said Melinda Marks, cybersecurity practice director at Enterprise Strategy Group.
Delivery to the customerCurrent Prisma Cloud customers will have a seamless upgrade to Cortex Cloud and will be able to experience simplified, real-time cloud security. Existing Cortex XSIAM customers who add Cortex Cloud will be able to easily adopt CNAPP capabilities, which are natively built into the world's most comprehensive AI-based SecOps platform for enterprise and cloud. The solution will be available to clients until the end of April.
Cortex Cloud Partners Launch
To introduce Cortex Cloud to clients, the integration partners of Palo Alto Networks are: CyberCX, Deloitte, IBM, and Orange Cyberdefense. Alongside each one, Palo Alto Networks will drive end-to-end transformation of security operations (SecOps) in corporate and cloud environments, enabling organizations to achieve greater risk reduction, rapid threat prevention, and improved operational efficiency.
