Cyber Week 2026 Wrap Up with Palo Alto Networks: Agents, Prisma AIRS and NGTS (Sponsored)

March 27, 2026·39 min·2 clips

Prisma AIRS 3.0 shifts from model security to agent discovery, red teaming, and runtime guardrails.

This sponsored episode with Palo Alto Networks uses the RSA 2026 announcements as the frame for the hour. Drew Connery-Murray and Ethan Banks host the conversation, joined by Ian Swanson, VP AI Security, and Rich Campagna, Senior Vice President of Product Management. Drew notes that every conversation he had at RSA included AI, and treats that as both hype and a sign the topic is not fading. The first stretch stays with enterprise AI, asking what organizations should do to improve their own security operations. Ian says AI can reduce operational costs and support better security work, keeping the discussion tied to real risk instead of abstract promise. Palo Alto Networks' product news comes into view through AI security, SASE, secure browsing, and certificate lifecycle management, while the hosts keep pressing for detail rather than letting the announcement list stand alone. The episode then turns to certificates and the way validity periods are changing. Rich walks through the move from a year-long effective lifetime toward a month-long one, noting that there is still some grace period, but the operational burden gets tighter. The conversation slows down enough to make the mechanics clear. Drew asks about ACME support, and Rich explains that ACME is gaining traction because it automates the interaction between the CA and the downstream service where the certificate is installed and used. He says Palo Alto Networks supports ACME and expects more adoption of automation protocols like it over the next couple of years. The tone stays practical even when the talk moves through acronyms. Rich also points listeners to the press release and to a blog at paloaltonetworks.com for more detail. The closing returns to Prisma AIRS and AI security in general, with links promised in the show notes. It ends as a conversation about what enterprises can actually do, not just what they can say they are doing.

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A sponsored RSA discussion that still spends most of its time on practical enterprise security operations.

Heavy Networking presents a sponsored RSA conversation with Palo Alto Networks centered on AI security, SASE, secure browsing, and certificate lifecycle management.

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