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In today's fast evolving cyber security
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landscape, amid geopolitical tension,
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AIdriven threats, and regulatory
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challenges, enterprises are increasingly
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turning toward integrated AI enhanced
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This video spotlights the 10 most
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powerful cyber security companies today.
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Each pushing the frontier through
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innovation, consolidation, and scale.
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PaloAlto Networks began its
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platformization journey with Cortex
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Xiaim, a SECOPS platform that unifies
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real-time analytics and automation and
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has already achieved $1 billion in
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cumulative bookings. The company
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extended its reach with Cortex Cloud,
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combining CNAP and CDR capabilities and
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introduced Prisma AIS, an AI platform to
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secure enterprise AI ecosystems.
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Major strategic moves include its April
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acquisition of Protect AI and the
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monumental $25 billion deal to buy
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CyberArk, marking a major expansion into
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identity management. With predicted
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FY2025 revenue near 91719 billion and
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NextGen security ARR soaring past $5
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billion, the company is thriving. It
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continues to solidify its position as a
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consolidator of choice in the cyber
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Microsoft leverages a powerful
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integration of technologies Azure, open
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AAI and enterprise footprints to deliver
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a security platform encompassing
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defender, Sentinel, Entra ID and
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Purview. Its push into AI is pronounced
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with security copilot and multiple
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agentic solutions like fishing triage
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and vulnerability remediation agents
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enhancing automation. Boasting 1.4 4
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million security customers, 900,000 of
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which run more than four workloads. It's
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reporting strong growth. Sentinel is
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leading in the Forester way for 2025 and
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Microsoft doubles down on security
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internally through a massive initiative
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involving tens of thousands of
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engineers. The result, seamless
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innovation aligned with robust security
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principles. Cisco is embedding AI across
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networking, security, and observability.
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From its Hypershield architecture to
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Agentic Ops, AI assistant, and AI
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canvas, all aimed at making AI a
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practical security advantage. Following
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its acquisition of Splunk, Cisco is
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transitioning from announcements to
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actual implementation.
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Its security revenue surged 54% to $2.1
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billion last quarter, far outpacing
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growth in its networking business. While
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adoption of its new solutions remains
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mixed, Cisco is steadily turning its
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vision of an AI powered security
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platform into reality. Crowd Strike
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solidifies its power with its Falcon
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Cloud native endpoint protection
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platform enhanced by AIdriven detection,
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threat intelligence, and incident
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response. It's recognized as a leader in
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identity threat detection, XDR, and
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cloud runtime security. The company
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recently launched AI agents Charlotte AI
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agentic response and workflows and
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acquired adaptive shield to bolster its
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SAS security offerings. On track to
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reach $10 billion in ARR, Crowdstrike
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reported 20% revenue growth and a 22%
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rise in ARR, even weathering a notable
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update mishap that it managed with
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transparency and customer trust. What
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began as a spam fighting service has
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transformed into a comprehensive AI
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powered security and network platform.
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Add your narration here. Cloudflare now
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protects around 20% of internet traffic
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and leads in SAS web application
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firewall and edge delivery services. AI
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enhancements drive threat prediction and
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traffic optimization. And the
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acquisition of Outerbase expands support
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for AI enabled full stack application
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deployment. A 27% revenue boost to $479
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million reflects its rapidly growing
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influence as a modern-day Swiss Army
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knife for cloud and network security.
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Celebrating 25 years under stable
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leadership, Fordinet stands out with its
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AI powered 40 guard labs and a unified
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networking security architecture.
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It leads in multiple Gartner magic
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quadrants including SD1, SSE and SSE.
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Forinet acquired surid data to enhance
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its CSA platform with SAS posture
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management capabilities.
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With 1.5 billion in quarterly revenue up
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14% and substantial ARR growth in both
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unified sassy and security operations.
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Foret shines as a reliable innovator in
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cyber security. Zcaler is a cloudnative
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zerorust pioneer protecting enterprise
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traffic using its zerorust exchange.
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Asian here AI is central to its strategy
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from data classification to AI workload
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protection and it's a leader in
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Gartner's SSE quadrant. The acquisition
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of Red Canary closed visibility gaps in
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identity endpoint and telemetry
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strengthening its platform credentials.
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Processing over 500 billion transactions
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and enforcing 25 billion policies daily.
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Scaler's revenue grew 23% to $678
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million with steady growth projected
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ahead. Best known for semiconductors in
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VMware, Broadcom also quietly operates a
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major security division through Semantic
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and Carbon Black. Its offerings span
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mainframe security, endpoint detection,
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data loss prevention, and SSE. Broadcom
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is advancing AI enabled security with
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products like incident prediction and
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invest heavily $9.3 billion in 2024 R&D
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focused on new security capabilities.
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It's recognized by IDC Labs and Newsweek
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as a top tier cyber security contender.
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A historic cyber security innovator,
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Checkpoint now re-energizes under new
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leadership. It dominates in endpoint
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protection, email security, firewalls,
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and zero trust platforms. According to
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Gartner and Forester, with 7% revenue
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growth to $638 million last quarter,
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Checkpoint's AIdriven Infiniti platform
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supporting hybrid mesh architecture
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positions it well to tackle AIdriven
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security challenges under its new CEO.
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UK is the IM standard bearer trusted for
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secure access across workforces,
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customers, and now AI use cases. Leading
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in Gartner's access management quadrant,
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Octa recently introduced cross app
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access Access, enhancing AI agent
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protection. A strategic partnership with
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PaloAlto Networks reinforces its
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identity-based security architecture.
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Recovering from a 2023 breach, Octa
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reported 12% revenue growth to $688
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million and anticipates achieving
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roughly $2.85 billion in fullear revenue
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while maintaining strong cash flow and
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That wraps up our spotlight on the 10
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most powerful cyber security companies
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today. Visionaries pushing the industry
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forward through platform unification, AI
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innovation, and strategic expansion.
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From PaloAlto's aggressive acquisitions
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to Octa's resilient identity defense,
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each of these leaders embodies a unique
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approach to securing the future. Thank
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you for joining this cyber security
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journey. See you in my next video.
