Palo Alto Networks Introduces Next-Generation Trust Security to Automate and Future-Proof Digital Resilience

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today defined a new standard for operational resilience with the launch of Next-Generation Trust Security (NGTS). As the industry moves toward a mandatory 47-day certificate renewal cycle, NGTS transforms cryptographic trust from a manual, human error prone process to an automated network control, eliminating service outages and dramatically improving operational efficiency.

For decades, digital certificates - the "passports" of the digital economy - lasted years and changed rarely. Today, however, the enterprise has entered a period of continuous cryptographic reset: certificate lifetimes are shrinking by over 90%, encryption standards are shifting for a post-quantum world, and sudden decertification of global trust authorities can now force the immediate replacement of thousands of certificates.

NGTS is the industry's first network-native platform that unifies certificate lifecycle management (CLM) with real-time network visibility and enforcement. Available today, this unified defense enables businesses to:

• Gain Increased Visibility:
  Discover where trust lives across all network services and applications, eliminating the "shadow" certificates and blind spots that lead to security gaps.
• Facilitate Operational Resilience:
  Protect the business from certificate-related outages and trust failures by automatically identifying and refreshing credentials before they disrupt customer transactions or internal services.
• Build Cryptographic Agility:
  Accelerate the transition to a post-quantum future with automated lifecycle management built to handle faster renewal cycles and evolving encryption standards without manual effort.

While legacy tools manage certificates in a vacuum, Palo Alto Networks is the only provider that embeds trust directly into the network layer. By integrating CyberArk's best-in-class machine identity intelligence into the network, NGTS closes the gap between the teams managing certificates and the teams responsible for uptime.

Learn more about how NGTS is redefining operational resilience.

SOURCE Palo Alto Networks, Inc.