Attackers Have Agents. Do You?

Attackers Have Agents. Do You?

From Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks by Palo Alto Networks and N2K Networks

April 9, 2026 · 44 min · Season 9 · Episode 112

About this episode

Elad Koren discusses the implementation and impact of agentic-first security experiences in the context of modern cybersecurity challenges.

What happens when your security analyst isn't a person? Elad Koren, Vice President of Product Management for Cortex Cloud at Palo Alto Networks, returns to Threat Vector to pull back the curtain on what an agentic-first security experience actually looks like in practice. This isn't a vision deck. The agents are already running. When Elad joined the show for Why Proactive Security Can't Wait, he made the case that reactive security can no longer keep up with adversaries who move from initial compromise to data theft in under five hours. This episode picks up where that conversation ended, with host David Moulton and Elad discussing the tools built to close that gap. You'll learn: What "agentic-first analyst experience" means and why it changes the SOC fundamentally How Cortex is deploying autonomous agents across the platform and what they actually do What XDL 2.0 is and why defenders need to understand it now How product leaders are making security faster without making it reckless Elad brings over two decades of experience in security, spanning RSA, PerimeterX, Salt Security, and now leading product for Cortex Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. He holds a CISSP and a patent in…

People in this episode

Host: David Moulton

Guest: Elad Koren

Topics covered

  • agentic-first security
  • autonomous agents
  • cloud defense
  • AI in security
  • security operations center (SOC)

Keywords

  • security analyst
  • autonomous risk monitoring
  • proactive security
  • data theft
  • AI tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Cortex Cloud, RSA, PerimeterX, Salt Security

Products: XDL 2.0

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