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Nir Zuk

Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, United States
Nir Zuk founded Palo Alto Networks in 2005, inventing the first application-aware firewall and pioneering the next-generation firewall category. Before Palo Alto Networks, he was the lead engineer at Check Point and later CTO of NetScreen Technologies. Zuk's technical vision established the foundation for modern network security and he remains deeply involved in Palo Alto Networks' engineering and product direction as CTO and board member.
Cybersecurity / Firewall

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Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, SecOps, and AI-powered threat prevention through its Strata, Prisma, and Cortex platform families.

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