Zero Networks Expands Palo Alto Integration for Zero-Touch Containment and AI Security

Zero Networks(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab), the leading provider of Zero Trust security solutions, today announced a major expansion of its integration with Palo Alto Networks(opens in new tab) extending the companies’ joint solution from automated microsegmentation and firewall policy orchestration to zero-touch containment and AI security.

The original integration(opens in new tab) combined Zero Networks’ automated asset discovery, dynamic tagging, and identity-driven microsegmentation with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls. The expanded integration enables customers to use Zero Networks to identify and contain threats at the individual asset level, redirect selected traffic to Palo Alto Networks security services for deeper inspection, and manage enforcement through Strata Cloud Manager. The integration also brings together Zero Networks AI Segmentation and Prisma AIRS to govern AI agents and inspect AI traffic.

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Rather than deploying separate controls for the perimeter, internal network, and AI environment, customers can apply consistent protection across on-premises, cloud, OT, Kubernetes and hybrid infrastructure.

From Integrated Policy to Closed-Loop Enforcement

Zero Networks enables zero-touch containment by continuously mapping communication between assets and automatically creating least-privilege policies based on observed business activity. Through the expanded integration, selected traffic from protected workloads can be redirected to Palo Alto Networks firewalls for deeper Layer 7 inspection, enabling the platforms to block suspicious activity and contain affected assets before threats spread.

Traffic redirection is available today for Linux environments, with Windows support planned, extending deep inspection and automated containment to Windows systems across the enterprise attack surface.

Unified Visibility Through Strata Cloud Manager

Zero Networks-managed assets and policies can now be surfaced through Strata Cloud Manager, giving security teams a consolidated view of discovered assets, segmentation policies, and the Palo Alto Networks controls inspecting their traffic. Dynamic asset tagging keeps policies current as workloads move, IP addresses change, and new assets appear, reducing the need to manually maintain static firewall rules.

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Extending the Integration to Enterprise AI

The expanded integration brings Zero Networks AI Segmentation together with Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS to provide security controls for AI agents and their traffic. Zero Networks identifies and governs AI agents, applying identity-based policies to restrict each agent to approved systems and destinations, while blocking unsanctioned AI services. When deeper inspection is needed, selected AI traffic can be redirected to Prisma AIRS for AI-aware threat prevention, combining control over where AI agents can connect with inspection of their prompts, responses, and data flows.

“Zero Networks controls which connections are allowed, Palo Alto Networks provides deep inspection,” said Benny Lakunishok(opens in new tab), Co-founder and CEO of Zero Networks. “Together, we can contain malicious activity before it can move across the environment.”

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