Palo Alto Networks (PANW) has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud (GOOG)(GOOGL) as a rising number of cyberattacks target organizations’ artificial intelligence systems and cloud infrastructure.
Palo Alto’s recent State of Cloud Security 2025 report found that 99% of the respondents reported at least one cyberattack on their AI infrastructure over the past year. Another 41% of organizations said they have experienced a surge in attacks on APIs.
“Enterprises are increasingly turning to Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks to secure their applications and data — together and in a seamless way,” said Google Cloud Chief Revenue Officer Matt Renner. “This latest expansion of our partnership will ensure that our joint customers have access to the right solutions to secure their most critical AI infrastructure and develop new AI agents with security built in from the start.”
The new partnership was developed to deliver end-to-end AI security from code to cloud. It will enable customers to protect live AI workloads and data on Google Cloud with Palo Alto’s Prisma AIRS. Palo Alto launched Prisma AIRS 2.0 in late October.
“AI is transforming every enterprise, creating extraordinary opportunities and new risks,” said Anand Oswal, executive vice president of Network Security at Palo Alto. “Prisma AIRS 2.0 bridges that gap, uniting deep model inspection, real-time agent defense, and continuous red teaming in a single platform. We’re redefining what it means to secure AI at scale by turning security into an accelerator for innovation, not an obstacle.”
The partnership also utilizes Palo Alto’s AI-powered software firewall and its secure access service edge platform, all while unifying and simplifying security for clients across hybrid, multicloud environments, the companies said.
“We’re removing the friction between security and development, providing a unified platform where the most advanced security is simply a native part of building what’s next,” said Palo Alto Networks President BJ Jenkins. “Together with Google, we are embedding our AI-powered security deep into the Google Cloud fabric, turning the platform itself into a proactive defense system.”