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Palo Alto Networks to acquire cyber security company Talon

Palo Alto Networks has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tel Aviv, Israel-based cyber security company Talon. The Talon team will join Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE team post-acquisition, with both the founders continuing to lead their respective units. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Talon, co-founded by Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, offers a hardened enterprise browser and secure third-party access to business applications and systems. The acquisition aims to address the growing security risks associated with unmanaged devices in the enterprise space, says Palo Alto Networks.

Read the blog post from Palo Alto Networks on the Talon acquisition here.

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