Palo Alto Networks Unveils AI Security Updates to Prisma AIRS

The company is also launching a new digital certificate management platform to address evolving security challenges.

Mar. 24, 2026 at 3:24am

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Palo Alto Networks has announced an update to its Prisma AIRS security platform to include the ability to discover AI agents, models, and connections across the IT environment, scan agents for vulnerabilities, and allow admins to simulate red team tests for agents. The company is also launching a new digital certificate lifecycle management platform called Next Generation Trust Security (NGTS) to help organizations manage the increasing complexity of digital certificates.

Why it matters

As AI agents become more prevalent in enterprise applications, CISOs are concerned about 'AI agent sprawl' and the potential security risks. Palo Alto Networks' updates to Prisma AIRS aim to provide better visibility and control over AI agents to help organizations secure their expanding attack surface. Additionally, the new NGTS platform addresses the growing challenge of managing shorter digital certificate lifespans and evolving encryption standards.

The details

The Prisma AIRS 3.0 update will allow administrators to identify AI agents running across cloud environments, SaaS platforms, and endpoints, scan them for vulnerabilities, and simulate red team attacks to test their security. Palo Alto Networks is also adding an AI Agent Gateway to provide a central control plane for enforcing agent runtime and identity security. The new Prisma Browser update can discover user-generated AI activity, enforce content-aware boundaries, and prevent sensitive data leaks to unmanaged AI tools. Separately, the NGTS platform will help organizations automatically discover, manage, and refresh digital certificates across their networks before expiration.

  • Prisma AIRS 3.0 and the NGTS platform are expected to be available in the coming months.
  • Gartner predicts that 40% of enterprise applications will be integrated with task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% today.

The players

Palo Alto Networks

A cybersecurity company that provides firewall, cloud security, and other enterprise security solutions.

Nikesh Arora

CEO of Palo Alto Networks, who predicts that the next five years will see a significant overhaul of enterprise networks due to the increasing adoption of AI.

Meta

A technology company that recently experienced a security breach due to an autonomous AI agent exposing sensitive data.

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What they’re saying

“Every CIO wants AI implemented yesterday. Every company wants to see how they can leverage AI as quickly as possible.”

— Nikesh Arora, CEO, Palo Alto Networks

“In the future, if agents in the enterprise are more than a fad, there will be millions of agents traversing enterprise architectures, trying to execute on their behalf — both agents delegated by people like you and me, and autonomously.”

— Nikesh Arora, CEO, Palo Alto Networks

What’s next

Palo Alto Networks plans to integrate CyberArk's machine identity intelligence into the NGTS platform following the completion of its acquisition of CyberArk.

The takeaway

As AI agents become more prevalent in enterprise applications, organizations need to prioritize securing their expanding attack surface and managing the growing complexity of digital certificates. Palo Alto Networks' updates to Prisma AIRS and the new NGTS platform aim to provide the visibility, control, and automation needed to address these emerging security challenges.