Overview
- Selling extended into Monday, with CrowdStrike and Zscaler down about 9%, Netskope nearly 10%, Okta, SentinelOne and Fortinet off more than 4%, Palo Alto Networks down 2%, Cloudflare down 7%, and the iShares Cybersecurity & Tech ETF lower by nearly 4%.
- The latest slide followed Anthropic’s debut of a Claude tool that scans software code for vulnerabilities and proposes fixes.
- Market participants worry such automation could reduce switching costs and weaken pricing power across established cybersecurity platforms.
- CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz countered in a weekend post that a code‑scanning capability does not replace the company’s Falcon platform or a comprehensive security program.
- Investors are looking to upcoming earnings and guidance for clarity on AI’s impact, with CrowdStrike set to report on March 3 and volatility likely to persist until managements outline their strategies.