Bangalore, 29th April 2025 – Mindstec Distribution Pvt Ltd, a leading distributor of professional AV solutions, has unveiled a transformative dual KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) integration strategy designed to elevate the efficiency, ergonomics, and responsiveness of network operations centers (NOCs). By enabling seamless control both at the operator desk and through an interactive large-format touch wall, Mindstec is setting a new standard for real-time system management and collaborative decision-making in mission-critical environments.

Mindstec Innovative Dual KVM Deployment

As part of its commitment to empowering operational excellence, Mindstec has successfully implemented a dual KVM solution that centralizes control and maximizes situational awareness. This forward-thinking integration allows operators to switch between multiple servers from a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse at their desks, while also enabling control transfer to an interactive touch wall for enhanced data visualization and team collaboration.

“Our goal at Mindstec is to simplify complexity in high-pressure environments like NOCs. With our dual KVM setup, we’ve given operators the ability to seamlessly shift from individual control at their desk to dynamic, team-based decision-making at the touch wall. It’s about merging flexibility with functionality to support smarter, faster, and more coordinated operations,” said Sabarish N, Managing Director at Mindstec Distribution Pvt Ltd.

Streamlined Desk-Based System Management

At the operator desk, Mindstec’s KVM setup minimizes hardware clutter and enables instant switching between systems, creating an ergonomic and focused workspace. This design is particularly vital in high-pressure environments where swift responses are crucial. “Efficiency is key in our industry. Our KVM solutions allow teams to maintain peak performance without the distractions of a disorganized workspace,” added Sabarish N.

Interactive Touch Wall Integration for Collaborative Control

The integration of KVM technology into a large-format touch wall further amplifies operational agility. Operators can visualize and manipulate data from multiple sources on a single collaborative platform—supporting faster, more informed decision-making and enhancing cross-functional teamwork.

Key Benefits Delivered by Mindstec’s Dual KVM Integration:

• Reduced Desk Clutter: Centralized control leads to a cleaner, more ergonomic workspace.

• Fast, Seamless Switching: Operators gain real-time access across systems without physical reconnections.

• Enhanced Visualization: Large displays present an operational overview critical for rapid analysis.

• Collaborative System Control: Touch-enabled interaction fosters teamwork and problem-solving.

Redefining the Modern NOC

By delivering this integrated control ecosystem, Mindstec equips NOCs with the tools to remain agile, responsive, and future-ready. This dual KVM approach not only enhances operational performance but also ensures that both human expertise and advanced technology work in harmony to manage complex, high-stakes environments.

MUMBAI, India, April 29, 2025 — Palo Alto Networks^®,, the global cybersecurity leader, today announced its latest advancements in Prisma^® SASE, the industry’s most comprehensive secure access service edge (SASE) solution, including the unveiling of Prisma Access Browser 2.0, the world’s only SASE-native secure browser. Prisma Access Browser 2.0, along with Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and expanded cloud presence with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), are new Prisma SASE capabilities designed to secure generative AI (GenAI) usage, improve user experience and enhance operational resilience in the modern workplace.

Eighty-five percent of work today is happening in browsers, leading to potential data exposure and monitoring gaps. Palo Alto Networks 2025 Unit 42 Incident Report found that almost half (44%) of security incidents involved malicious activities initiated or enabled through employees’ browsers, such as phishing, URL redirect abuse and malware downloads.

“A secure browser extends SASE protection to where knowledge workers spend most of their time, securing third-party access, supporting BYOD, and reducing an organization’s reliance on legacy infrastructure like VDI,” said John Grady, principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia. “Palo Alto Networks unique approach of integrating its Prisma Access Browser with Prisma SASE helps organizations extend the same protection from advanced threats, user experience monitoring, and GenAI app protection from the network into the browser, ensuring users are protected, efficient, and productive.”

Uniquely the combination of Prisma SASE with Prisma Access Browser delivers safe, fast, policy-driven access to everything the modern workforce needs — without compromising experience or security. To further enable enterprises to browse securely from any device or any location, Prisma Access Browser 2.0 includes the following new capabilities:

• Safely enabling GenAI use and protecting data in real time: Prisma Access Browser 2.0 now helps secure GenAI adoption with real-time visibility, access control and user coaching to accurately secure sensitive data at the last mile (e.g., clipboard, print, screenshots, typing), with LLM-powered context-based classification preventing unintentional leaks or breaches.
• Defending against new sophisticated web attacks: Prisma Access Browser 2.0 delivers new protection powered by Precision AI^® to detect evasive and targeted attacks such as AI-generated cloaking and SaaS-hosted phishing attacks in real time. This includes attacks such as evasive AI-generated code and malicious injections into compromised websites, which cannot be reliably detected outside of the browser.
• Delivering a reimagined user experience: Prisma Access Browser 2.0 delivers maximum performance for modern web and SaaS applications, yet still provides users with the ability to easily launch legacy infrastructure such as VDI applications from the same browser for a unified experience.

“In the AI-first era, safeguarding customer data and intellectual property is paramount,” said Aathir Ahad, CISO, Wipro Limited. “Prisma Access Browser aligns with our Zero Trust strategy and our commitment to leveraging advanced technologies for rapid threat prevention, enhanced user experience, and robust data & privacy protection.”

“Secure browsers are absolutely essential for the modern workforce because today’s work is increasingly remote, cloud-based, and data-intensive,” said Anand Oswal, SVP and GM of Network Security, Palo Alto Networks. “This shift demands a unified, modern approach to security — a SASE natively integrated secure browser — that uniquely safeguards productivity, helps ensure resilience, and does so with a seamless user experience, making it the optimal choice for securing today’s dynamic work environments.”

Additional new advanced features to Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE include:

• Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) — to improve shadow data discovery and data classification accuracy as well as provide proactive measures against insider threats to safeguard sensitive information.
• Extend App Acceleration to Branch — to expand support for new productivity apps and extend enhanced user-to-app performance to the branch with integration into Prisma SD-WAN.
• Next-Generation Unified SASE Agent — to simplify the IT experience with a unified, next-generation agent for SASE use cases.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) — to broaden the global reach of Prisma SASE and build on the ability to deliver cloud resiliency and industry-leading uptime.

“Our long-standing collaboration with Palo Alto Networks helps organizations across the world securely accelerate their cloud journey,” said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “By leveraging OCI to run Prisma SASE globally, Palo Alto Networks can provide its customers with operational resiliency, high performance, and an exceptional user experience. In addition, Prisma SASE helps our customers protect their OCI environments against emerging and sophisticated cyber threats.”

April 29, 2025 – CrowdStrike introduced Falcon® Adversary OverWatch Next-Gen SIEM, the first and only solution to bring managed threat hunting to third–party data. This breakthrough innovation extends the visibility of CrowdStrike’s elite threat hunters into unmanaged attack surfaces adversaries have long exploited. By leveraging third–party data ingested by Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM, CrowdStrike delivers 24/7 expert detection beyond endpoints, identity and cloud environments to stop breaches across every attack surface.  

Adversaries strike from all angles, and once inside, they move laterally with alarming speed. Groups like FAMOUS CHOLLIMA embed malicious insiders to operate from within. Others, like OPERATOR PANDA exploit unmanaged infrastructure, edge devices and siloed systems like firewalls, VPNs and email gateways – where traditional tools lack visibility. By extending managed threat hunting to third–party data, CrowdStrike delivers faster detection, broader coverage and even greater speed in stopping breaches.

“Today’s adversaries move incredibly fast and thrive on the complexity of modern environments.  They exploit the sprawl of IT and security tools to give them an edge, while defenders are left to stitch together disjointed data to try and find signals in the noise,” said Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike. “With OverWatch now hunting across third–party data, we’re eliminating the blind spots that adversaries rely on, delivering unified visibility, expert-led detection and the early insight needed to stop breaches.” 

Transform the SOC with Falcon Adversary OverWatch and Next-Gen SIEM

CrowdStrike’s latest innovations set a new standard for modern security operations. Powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform, Falcon Adversary OverWatch uses deep adversary expertise and industry-leading threat intelligence to rapidly uncover evasive threats. Falcon Next-Gen SIEM unifies native and third–party data, real-time intelligence and AI-driven automation to deliver comprehensive visibility, high-fidelity alerts and machine speed response. New innovations include:

 

• Expert-Led Threat Hunting Across all Attack Surfaces: Integrates real-time, 24/7 threat hunting from Falcon Adversary OverWatch with first–party endpoint, identity, cloud and third–party data from Falcon Next-Gen SIEM. Expands coverage across unmanaged infrastructure that adversaries often exploit to expose hidden threats. 
• UEBA and Case Management for Falcon Next-Gen SIEM: Analyzes user behavior with advanced machine learning to uncover insider threats and stealthy adversaries once they’re on the network. With AI-driven risk scoring, entity resolution and automated workflows, security teams can reduce false positives, connect related activities across data sources and investigate in a centralized platform to respond faster.
• Unified Identity Security and Next-Gen SIEM: The powerful combination of Falcon® Identity Protection and Falcon Next-Gen SIEM enables security teams to detect and prioritize identity-based threats in real time, while Falcon Fusion SOAR automates Active Directory actions – like disabling compromised accounts and MFA enforcement – to respond at machine speed.
• CrowdStrike Pulse Services: To help customers drive SOC transformation, CrowdStrike Pulse Services reduces active risk with targeted offerings such as ransomware readiness planning, high-value asset protection strategies and cyber resiliency uplift. Delivered through modular, expert-led engagements, Pulse helps teams improve response times and build more resilient operations.

CrowdStrike unveiled Charlotte AI Agentic Response and Charlotte AI Agentic Workflows, marking a leap forward in modern SOC operations. Combined with the previously announced Charlotte AI Agentic Detection Triage, Charlotte AI transcends “ask-and-respond” copilots, delivering autonomous reasoning and action on first- and third-party data. The AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform is now cybersecurity’s intelligent reasoning AI platform, drawing conclusions without human prompts and taking action with bounded autonomy.

Building on Charlotte AI innovation, CrowdStrike extends the power of agentic AI to cybersecurity services. Falcon® Complete Next-Gen MDR with Charlotte AI utilizes the triage decisions of CrowdStrike’s elite analysts to accelerate investigations – creating a powerful, one-of-a-kind feedback loop that supercharges human and AI performance. The winning combination of CrowdStrike’s Charlotte AI agentic model, Next-Gen MDR and CDR, as well as the underlying Falcon platform, delivers the industry’s most advanced AI-native SOC. For the first time, security teams can combine AI-powered real-time detection, expert-informed investigation and automated response within one native architecture. From analyst productivity to full-cycle response, CrowdStrike is redefining how AI protects the modern enterprise. 

“There’s a profound difference between adding AI features and fundamentally transforming how cybersecurity works. Charlotte AI goes beyond augmenting humans with suggestions – it actively investigates, reasons and responds autonomously within expert-defined guardrails,” said George Kurtz, founder and CEO of CrowdStrike. “Our agentic AI innovation represents a fundamental shift from reactive to proactive security – furthering CrowdStrike’s mission of stopping breaches.”

 New Innovations: 

Charlotte AI Agentic Response: Exponentially increases analyst productivity by automatically asking and answering the investigative questions a seasoned security analyst would pose, accelerating root cause analysis, mapping lateral movement and guiding next steps. This translates to hours of time saved weekly across repetitive alert investigations.

 Charlotte AI Agentic Workflows: Delivered through Falcon Fusion SOAR, these drag-and-drop, LLM-powered workflows enable analysts to insert and activate AI reasoning directly within automated playbooks. For example, a workflow can automatically determine whether a device should be contained based on company policies, then generate appropriate communications for different audiences – executive summaries, technical updates or customer advisories – with automatic translation for global teams.

 Falcon Complete with Charlotte AI: Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR analysts now leverage Charlotte AI to triage alerts and accelerate analysis, combining expert human oversight with intelligent automation to stop breaches more efficiently.

 Charlotte AI Agentic Detection Triage for Identity: Now extended to Falcon® Identity Protection, allowing analysts to prioritize and act on high-risk identity threats alongside endpoint and cloud alerts, reducing noise and surfacing real attacks faster.

 Expanded Protection Across the Digital Estate

CrowdStrike also announced new Falcon platform capabilities that extend protection across critical infrastructure and enhance organizational resilience:

 Falcon® for XIoT with ExPRT.AI: Now validated by 12+ leading ICS vendors, this solution delivers real-time, adversary-driven risk insights, enabling organizations to focus on actively exploited vulnerabilities to protect operational technology and IoT systems without disruption.

CrowdStrike Pulse Services: New expert-led services help security teams operationalize agentic AI through modular engagements that assess readiness, align workflows and fine-tune policies, accelerating security maturity with targeted guidance.