Kevin Mandia testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Amazon said Kevin Mandia, the founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Mandiant, is joining its board of directors. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon referred to Mandia as a…
Mustafau | Istock | Getty Images The stakes have never been higher for senior cybersecurity leaders at top companies. “It feels like my job has doubled or quadrupled,” said Wally Dalrymple, chief security officer at global education and talent solutions firm ETS. “It’s coming at us so fast and at such large volumes,” he said….
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday that AI is forcing companies to overhaul roughly $1 trillion of aging cybersecurity infrastructure built for a pre-AI world. “Nothing that was deployed seven or 10 years ago is prepared or ready to handle AI at machine speed,” Arora told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Mad Money.” “You…
Palo Alto Networks surpassed fiscal fourth-quarter estimates as mounting artificial intelligence risks boost demand for its cybersecurity tools. Shares added about 2% in extended trading, following a 5% drop during regular trading. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.02 adjusted vs. 98 cents expected Revenue: $3.41 billion vs. $3.35 billion…
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images CrowdStrike and Okta shares surged on Thursday after earnings showed that artificial intelligence adoption is pushing customers to spend more on cybersecurity tools. Both companies beat Wall Street’s estimates for the fiscal second quarter and raised their forecasts, citing the AI agent threat. CrowdStrike gained 15% while Okta…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cybersecurity stocks slumped on Friday following a report that Anthropic is testing a powerful new artificial intelligence model that is more advanced in cyber capabilities and also presents potential security risks. Fortune first reported the news on Thursday, citing information from a publicly accessible draft blog post. According…
There was no shortage of setbacks for stocks last week. Surprising economic data, another batch of earnings, and an intensifying conflict in the Middle East all combined to move the market, mostly downward. The S & P 500 closed out Friday with a weekly loss of 2% as the broad-market index flipped between the positive…
CrowdStrike delivered robust quarterly results on Tuesday, exceeding expectations across all key measures. Still, the market was wavering on whether AI would be the company’s friend or foe. We believe it’s the former. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter increased 23% year over year to $1.305 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $1.297 billion compiled…
Monday brings the first trading day of March on Wall Street, after the S & P 500 lost roughly 1% in February and remained only modestly positive year to date. The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran over the weekend figures to ripple through financial markets in the week ahead. It was already going to be a…
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cybersecurity stocks dropped for a second day on Monday as investors fretted over new artificial intelligence security tools that threaten to displace the sector’s longstanding business models….
