The "identity puzzle" of the "AI + cybersecurity" vision! Palo Alto (PANW.US) threw out $25 billion to swallow CyberArk (CYBR.US).

According to the Zhidao Finance APP, the global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks (PANW.US) has agreed to acquire the Israel-based CyberArk Software (CYBR.US), which specializes in identity governance market cybersecurity, in a cash and stock deal. This large acquisition transaction values the Israeli cybersecurity giant at approximately 25 billion US dollars. This significant merger in the cybersecurity field suggests that Palo Alto aims to incorporate the "identity security" Zero Trust core capability into its own platform, providing essential control foundations for automated security scenarios in the era of generative artificial intelligence (AI), and may even become a key piece in Palo Alto's ambitious "AI + cybersecurity" strategy.