The U.S. tech giant Palo Alto Networks is one of the few companies selected by the AI firm Anthropic to participate in the exclusive Glasswing Project, which aims to enhance the cybersecurity of the world’s most critical software using the Claude Mythos model. Palo Alto’s head of EMEA, Helmut Reisinger, reflects on the importance of this initiative and the evolving landscape of cybersecurity in an environment clearly shaped by AI.

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Helmut Reisinger, Palo Alto Networks' EMEA CEO, discusses the company's participation in Anthropic's Project Glasswing — an exclusive AI-powered vulnerability discovery initiative using the Claude Mythos model that has already detected zero-day vulnerabilities across operating systems and browsers. He covers recent acquisitions including CyberArk (identity security), Chronosphere (observability), and Koi (agentic endpoint security), all aimed at securing AI deployments and agent-based environments. Reisinger addresses the company's platformization strategy, vendor lock-in concerns, geopolitical impacts on cybersecurity demand in Europe, data sovereignty, the Iranian cyber threat landscape, and preparations for the post-quantum era with Quantum Safe Security. He identifies shadow AI and solution fragmentation as the top challenges facing CISOs today.

Palo Alto’s Helmut Reisinger sees a cyber sea change ahead as AI advances