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HOME ▸ NEWS ▸ SECURITY ▸ 2025 ▸ 10 CYBERSECURITY CEOS ON AI'S IMPACT ON THE MARKET IN 2025 Security 10 Cybersecurity CEOs On AI's Impact On The Market In 2025 BY KYLE ALSPACH FEBRUARY 25, 2025, 3:30 PM EST From driving new GenAI-powered security capabilities to expanding partner opportunities, here’s what the CEOs from 10 major vendors are expecting this year. SHARE THIS In 2025, CEOs at top cybersecurity companies are focusing on some common themes when it comes to the AI opportunities ahead — while also emphasizing the differentiation their tools are bringing, of course. As part of CRN’s CEO Outlook 2025 report, CEOs from 10 of the largest and most-influential cybersecurity companies provided their perspective on AI's impact on the market and AI channel opportunities 2025. All 10 cybersecurity CEOs emphasized that AI is core to their product strategies — whether that means embedding GenAI-powered capabilities across their portfolio or utilizing AI in new ways to automate threat detection and response. Without a doubt, there is a strong consensus that AI is not merely an add-on for cybersecurity, but is in fact a main pillar for the future of the field. [Related: 5 Emerging GenAI Security Threats In 2024] Meanwhile, securing the usage of AI itself is a major running theme for many of the top cybersecurity companies CRN heard from. And crucially, whether it’s launching new GenAI-powered capabilities or protecting against AI-related risks, these cybersecurity CEOs are emphasizing their partnerships with solution and service providers as the way to securely and effectively deploy AI. “We foresee AI revolutionizing the collaborative business landscape with our channel partners,” Zscaler Founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry said in an answer to CRN’s CEO Outlook survey. Among the other CEO respondents from top cybersecurity vendors were Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten and Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. CRN posed the question: What impact do you expect AI to have on the business you and your partners do together in 2025? What follows are the answers provided by 10 top cybersecurity CEOs. KYLE ALSPACH Kyle Alspach is a Senior Editor at CRN focused on cybersecurity. His coverage spans news, analysis and deep dives on the cybersecurity industry, with a focus on fast-growing segments such as security operations, AI security and identity protection. He can be reached at kalspach@thechannelcompany.com CrowdStrike Fortinet Inc - HQ Palo Alto Networks Inc - HQ 25 To Watch In 2025 TO TOP