India, May 4 -- The Palo Alto Networks Portkey acquisition reflects a deeper shift in enterprise security thinking. As organisations move from basic AI tools to autonomous systems, the challenge is no longer just building AI, but securing how it behaves and interacts across systems.

These autonomous AI agents act with high levels of access, making decisions and executing tasks at scale. This creates a new kind of risk, where traditional security models struggle to keep up. The acquisition points to a growing need for platforms that can monitor and control AI activity in real time.

At the centre of the Palo Alto Networks Portkey acquisition is the idea of a central control plane. Portkey brings a unified layer that can manage, route, and...