What happened
Palo Alto Networks announced (Aug 11, 2026) public preview of Cortex Data Security, unifying DSPM, DLP, and DDR with AI-lifecycle mapping (models, agents, endpoints, data flows) to flag sensitive-data exposure, poisoning risk, and privacy violations, benchmarked against NIST 600-1 and OWASP LLM Top 10.
Why it matters
Consolidates fragmented legacy data-security point tools into an AI-native platform addressing a top adoption blocker (data governance) as AI agents pull from and act on enterprise data at scale.
Applicability
CISOs and data-security teams evaluating AI-era DSPM/DLP consolidation should join the public preview; full GA timeline not yet set.