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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

Now that all the industry thought leaders have weighed in and published their predictions for what the cybersecurity landscape will look like in 2025, it seems that theres a clear consensus emerging: Both attacks and defense of devices and networks will increasingly be AI-driven as time goes by. What is a human firewall?

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Shaking Up Security — The Power of AI-Native SOCs

Palo Alto Networks

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider Like legacy security tools, such as traditional firewalls and signature-based antivirus software, organizations that have more traditional (and potentially more vulnerable) SOCs are struggling to keep pace with the increasing volume and sophistication of threats.

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What is AI’s current impact on cybersecurity?

CIO

In our inaugural episode, Michael “Siko” Sikorski, CTO and VP of Engineering and Threat Intelligence at Unit 42 answers that question and speaks to the profound influence of artificial intelligence in an interview with David Moulton, Director of thought leadership for Unit 42. Threat Vector is your compass in the world of cybersecurity.

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Cybersecurity Automation: Leveling the Playing Field

CIO

By Leonard Kleinman, Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ) Cortex for Palo Alto Networks JAPAC Many things challenge how we practice cybersecurity these days. Let’s look at some of these cybersecurity challenges and how automation can level the playing field. It is still spreading, but the surprising part is MyDoom is not new.

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2025 Predictions — How One Year Will Redefine the Cybersecurity Industry

Palo Alto Networks

The cybersecurity industry will experience tectonic shifts in 2025, unlike any we’ve seen in years past. These historic transformations will see the convergence of AI, data and platform unification, altogether changing how both cybersecurity defenders and attackers will operate and innovate.

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Acronis raises $250M at a $2.5B+ valuation to double down on cyber protection services

TechCrunch

As cybersecurity continues to grow in profile amid an increasingly complex and dangerous landscape of malicious activity, a cybersecurity vendor that specializes in “all-in-one” services covering the many aspects of security IT has closed a big round of funding.

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The evolving role of security and IT in DR and incident response

CIO

However, as ecommerce has proliferated, security threats have increased, elevating cybersecurity to a board-level concern. Early cybersecurity threats were limited in their scope and damage, but current threats can ruin a business. Worldwide responses show that attackers are increasingly able to extract more sensitive data.”

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