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About Cortex Cloud from Palo Alto Networks is a cutting-edge platform designed to provide real-time cloud security across the entire software delivery lifecycle. By combining Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) with advanced Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), Cortex Cloud offers unified visibility and proactive security for code, cloud, and SOC environments. It enables teams to prevent and respond to threats quickly with AI-driven risk prioritization, runtime protection, and automated remediation. With seamless integration across multicloud environments, Cortex Cloud ensures scalable and efficient protection for modern cloud-native applications.	About Gain comprehensive visibility into deployed assets and traffic via an intuitive user interface. Simplify creation of least-privilege micro-segmentation policies through centralized policy management, eliminating the need for subnets, hypervisors, and internal firewalls. Minimize exposure by automatically extending security controls to new cloud-native workloads and applications on creation. Implement a single solution across bare-metal servers, end-user computers, or cloud-hosted virtual machines, containers, or instances. Deploy across hybrid and multi-vendor heterogeneous networks, whether on-premises or in the cloud — without replacing any hardware or infrastructure. Avoid compliance violations by isolating and controlling all communications within and across segmented groups. Rich, contextual visibility into network flow from largest trend to workload service.
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Audience Cloud security teams, CIOs, and IT professionals seeking a unified, AI-powered solution for real-time cloud security, risk management, and automated threat response across cloud-native environments	Audience Companies searching for a micro-segmentation and cloud workload solution
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Company Information Palo Alto Networks Founded: 2005 United States www.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cloud	Company Information ColorTokens Founded: 2015 United States colortokens.com/products/xshield-workload-protection/
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Categories AI Cybersecurity Supported API Security Supported Cloud Compliance Supported Cloud Infrastructure Automation Supported Cloud Security Supported Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Supported Cloud Workload Protection Supported Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Supported Container Security Supported Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Supported Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Supported	Categories Cloud Workload Protection Supported

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