Palo Alto Networks Introduces Network Security Agents in PAN-OS 12.2 to Scale Security Operations with AI
Palo Alto Networks has unveiled Network Security Agents within its PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres release, integrated into Strata Cloud Manager. These AI-powered agents are designed to transform network security operations by amplifying human expertise and addressing the challenge of managing increasingly complex environments that have exceeded human scale. The agents aim to shift the balance from repetitive operational tasks to strategic security work by interpreting user intent, gathering context, reasoning through conditions, and developing explainable plans for action. They can operate reactively, responding to administrator queries, or proactively, initiating governed actions based on schedules or incidents. The Network Security Agents are specialized, with different agents for deployment, troubleshooting, configuration, posture and compliance, threat analysis, and data protection. This initiative seeks to move security operations from isolated task execution to coordinated, outcome-driven workflows, allowing for ... 
