As the use of AI in business increases, so does the risk of digital incidents, for which many organisations are still not fully prepared. Less than a third of companies in Poland believe they are cyber resilient. Palo Alto Networks presents new solutions that allow companies to effectively protect systems, control risks and use AI tools securely.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of companies’ day-to-day operations, but along with its applications, digital risks are also increasing. Data shows that only 29% of companies rate their level of cyber resilience as high or very high. One in five organisations has experienced a security incident in the last year and 85% of market experts warn that the dynamics of threats will soon overtake the defensive capabilities of business if they do not become more proactive in cyber security. These figures are a good indication that, despite the growing interest in AI in business, companies’ security systems are still failing to keep up with the pace of change, not only in technology, but also in growing threats.
In response to these challenges, Palo Alto Networks is introducing three new cyber security solutions: Next-Generation Trust Security (NGTS), Prisma Browser with extensions within Prisma SASE, and Prisma AIRS 3.0. Each addresses specific business needs – from automating digital certificate management, to securing work with autonomous AI agents in the browser, to monitoring and controlling AI agents across the IT environment.
In the context of digital certificates, it is particularly important to manage them properly, which is still a fragmented and error-prone process in many organisations. The answer to this challenge is Next-Generation Trust Security (NGTS), a platform that automates the management of digital certificates and helps companies make their systems more resilient to cyber threats. In the face of shrinking security certificate validity periods and increasing requirements for post-quantum encryption standards, NGTS helps companies prevent downtime due to certificate expiry. The solution uses technology from CyberArk (a Palo Alto Networks company) to control machine identities, automatically update certificates and monitor key network resources, allowing companies to maintain a high level of system security, minimising the risk of failure.
– Expired or non-compliant certificates can cause downtime for applications, infrastructure and cloud services. Manual updates are time-consuming and require the coordination of multiple teams, and with the increasing scale and pace of operations, this way of working becomes inefficient. With NGTS and our post-quantum era secure platform, the network allows certificates to be controlled and updated automatically – emphasises Wojciech Gołębiowski, vice president and managing director of Palo Alto Networks in Central and Eastern Europe.
The change in the way we work with AI can also be seen at the level of the tools that employees use on a daily basis, in particular web browsers. The Prisma Browser with extensions within Prisma SASE – a web browser that monitors the activity of AI agents, restricts their access to selected resources and protects against prompt injection attacks and third-party takeovers – addresses these needs. The browser also distinguishes between actions performed by humans and those performed by autonomous systems, making it easier to comply with existing AI regulations. This enables companies to use autonomous AI tools in their day-to-day processes while maintaining the security and stability of their systems.
As the number of AI agents grows, so does the need for better control over their performance and the assessment of the risks they generate. The third solution from Palo Alto Networks is Prisma AIRS 3.0, a platform that allows companies to monitor the performance of AI agents in real time, whether in the cloud, SaaS systems or on end devices. Prisma AIRS 3.0 assesses agent risk, detects security vulnerabilities and recommends how to effectively secure them. The platform also allows agents to be managed and controlled more effectively and their permissions verified, facilitating the secure deployment of AI-based tools such as encryption agents, while maintaining the highest security standards.
– Agentic AI is a significant step forward, where it stops being just a conversational tool and starts performing tasks on its own, changing the way we work and impacting productivity. When AI ceases to be just a conversational tool and begins to perform tasks autonomously, new challenges arise, such as more difficult control of agents and unpredictable behaviour during their operation. In response to these challenges, Prisma AIRS 3.0 provides a comprehensive platform that monitors AI agents in real time, assesses the risk of their actions and secures systems against threats, comments Wojciech Gołębiowski.
The growing role of artificial intelligence in business means that security issues are no longer solely the domain of IT teams, but are becoming one of the key elements of organisational management. In practice, this means regularly reviewing the solutions used, updating knowledge and adapting security policies to the changing technological environment. This is the only way companies can effectively exploit the potential of AI, while mitigating risks and maintaining control over key processes.
Source: Palo Alto Networks
