Palo Alto Networks on Aug. 20 introduced a new cooperation program, the Frontier AI Critical Defense Program, to respond to vulnerabilities in the frontier AI era. The company said defenders face a race against time as frontier AI models uncover previously unknown flaws faster than permanent patches can be applied. The program uses the Frontier Virtual Patching feature and the new Volted Protection detection engine to help organisations share vulnerability information and deploy virtual patches before attackers can exploit them.

Palo Alto Networks said on Tuesday it released network security research and new products aimed at the frontier AI era. Its Unit 42 team developed NOVA, an autonomous vulnerability discovery, validation and reporting system using frontier AI models. NOVA analyzed 3,915 open-source projects over two months and identified 14,090 vulnerabilities, 99.4% of them previously unknown. The company also announced PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres with more than 55 new features, highlighting advanced virtual patching, advanced IP defense and network security agent tools.