Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud Strike Multibillion-Dollar AI and Cloud Security Deal

Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud announced a multibillion-dollar agreement on Friday that expands an existing strategic partnership between the two tech giants.

Aimed at helping enterprises securely accelerate cloud and AI initiatives, the deal marks a deepening of the technical and commercial ties between the two companies. As part of the agreement, Palo Alto Networks will migrate key internal workloads to Google Cloud and will utilize Google’s Vertex AI platform and Gemini large language models (LLMs) to power its own security copilots.

Enhanced Network and Cloud Defense

The companies are integrating Palo Alto’s Prisma AIRS (AI Security) platform directly into Google Cloud’s developer ecosystem, with the partnership also involving deeper integration of core security infrastructure:

• Software Firewalls: Palo Alto’s VM-Series firewalls will be optimized for Google Cloud to provide deep packet inspection across public and hybrid environments.
• Global SASE Connectivity: Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access ...