Key Takes from PANW Ignite On Tour in NYC

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Key Takes from PANW Ignite On Tour in NYC

2Q earnings that its ARR

is low-single-digit-millions. Portkey is an AI Gateway that identifies, authenticates, and authorizes

model & agent interactions. Portkey's AI Gateway inspects AI traffic & enforces security and

governance policies for runtime protection, and least-privilege controls for every agent interaction.

Lastly, based on our convos with customers & partners, we believe Prisma AIRS is seeing demand

from enterprises that are heavily invested in AI, as it is a premium-priced product (7-figure price tag).

Cloud Security Rearchitected. We saw a demo of Cortex Cloud, which unifies four formerly

separate cloud security UIs, and is now at feature parity with Prisma Cloud. Feedback from

customers and partners was improving. PANW has been offering discounts and free professional

services for Prisma Cloud customers to move to Cortex Cloud. We see progress here as a useful

proofpoint for PANW's ability to integrate & rearchitect its recent acquisitions.

Customers Concerned About Mythos. PANW's President of North America Sales highlighted that

>500 customers in NA have requested briefings on PANW's Mythos findings, with >170 requesting

Unit 42 assessments of their attack surface. Last week, Lee Klarich, PANW's CPO/CTO, wrote a blog

post noting "these models are likely even better at finding vulnerabilities than we initially realized." He

said its May patch advisory covered 26 CVEs, well above the typical <5. PANW estimates enterprises

only have a 3-5 month window remaining to prepare before AI-driven exploits become the norm. While

cyber budgets have lagged architectural transformation historically, we're clearly approaching an

Joseph Gallo * | Equity Analyst