Intelligence expertise, best-of-breed strategies, and automation were three key themes that quickly emerged right from Day One at Ignite ‘22, a two-day conference that kicked off Dec. 13.Ahead of the event it was expected that Palo Alto Networks Inc. would address the pain points around tightening budgets in a challenging economic environment. Palo Alto had also pointed to its recent acquisitions, such as the $195-million-valued cybersecurity startup Cider Security, as an example of its strategy to build its portfolio

If the current cybersecurity threat landscape were a comic book villain, it’d have the ability to morph and switch forms on a whim.And in response to this ever-evolving threat to the enterprise, several trends are emerging within cybersecurity, according to BJ Jenkins (pictured), president of Palo Alto Networks Inc. One of them is platform consolidation, as companies look for that sweet spot between best-of-breed solutions and long-term platform value.Particularly necessitated by current economic uncertainties, organizations feel more risk-averse right now; but they also want to weed out unnecessary capital expenditures by slimming down their security vendor count to more manageable numbers