Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) and (NASDAQ: RPD) represent two very different ways to invest in the growing cybersecurity market. Palo Alto, one of the world's largest cybersecurity companies, provides its services through three ecosystems -- Strata for its on-site network security appliances, Prisma for its cloud-based services, and Cortex for its artificial intelligence-powered threat detection tools. The synergies between those platforms lock more customers into its subscription plans.

Rapid7 takes a drastically different approach to reducing cyberattacks. Instead of reacting to threats like Palo Alto, Rapid7's Insight platform proactively scans and prods an organization's infrastructure and individual applications for potential weaknesses. It then tries to harden those soft spots with its tools to prevent future attacks.

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