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# Gal Itzhak

Data Science Research Manager

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[![NL2XQL: Turning Natural Language into Powerful Cybersecurity Querying](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Explaining.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/nl2xql-turning-natural-language-into-powerful-cybersecurity-querying/)

## [AI and Cybersecurity](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/ai-and-cybersecurity/?ts=markdown), [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown), [Product Features](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/product-features/?ts=markdown), [Use-Cases](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/use-cases/?ts=markdown)

### [NL2XQL: Turning Natural Language into Powerful Cybersecurity Querying](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/nl2xql-turning-natural-language-into-powerful-cybersecurity-querying/)

NL2XQL transforms natural language into powerful XQL queries, making cybersecurity investigations accessible to all security teams without requiring deep syntax knowledge.  
Apr 23, 2025  
By [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak") and [Lior Perry](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/lior-perry/?ts=markdown "Posts by Lior Perry")

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[![On Credible and Cyber-Contextual Labeling](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Thinking-Twitter-1.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/on-credible-and-cyber-contextual-labeling/)

## [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown)

### [On Credible and Cyber-Contextual Labeling](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/on-credible-and-cyber-contextual-labeling/)

Discover how Palo Alto Networks combines customer feedback, expert analysis, deterministic rules, stochastic models, and statistical methods to generate credible labels for training machine learning models in cybersecurity.  
Apr 04, 2024  
By [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak")

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[![Beating Alert Fatigue with Cortex XDR SmartScore Technology](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Coding-6.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/beating-alert-fatigue-with-cortex-xdr-smartscore-technology/)

## [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown)

### [Beating Alert Fatigue with Cortex XDR SmartScore Technology](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/beating-alert-fatigue-with-cortex-xdr-smartscore-technology/)

SmartScore is a unique machine learning-driven approach that translates security investigation approaches along with their associated data into a hybrid scoring mechanism. This new disruptive system uses both ML power and contextual security rules, which are driven and built by security researchers and data scientists together, to generate a reliable risk score that can be used for triaging and prioritization.  
Aug 04, 2022  
By [Niv Sela](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/niv-sela/?ts=markdown "Posts by Niv Sela"), [Guy Mazaltrim](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/guy-mazaltrim/?ts=markdown "Posts by Guy Mazaltrim"), [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak") and [Yinnon Meshi](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/yinnon-meshi/?ts=markdown "Posts by Yinnon Meshi")

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[![Beating Alert Fatigue with Cortex XDR SmartScore Technology](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Coding-6.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/beating-alert-fatigue-with-cortex-xdr-smartscore-technology/)

## [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown)

### [Beating Alert Fatigue with Cortex XDR SmartScore Technology](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/beating-alert-fatigue-with-cortex-xdr-smartscore-technology/)

SmartScore is a unique machine learning-driven approach that translates security investigation approaches along with their associated data into a hybrid scoring mechanism. This new disruptive system uses both ML power and contextual security rules, which are driven and built by security researchers and data scientists together, to generate a reliable risk score that can be used for triaging and prioritization.  
Aug 04, 2022  
By [Niv Sela](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/niv-sela/?ts=markdown "Posts by Niv Sela"), [Guy Mazaltrim](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/guy-mazaltrim/?ts=markdown "Posts by Guy Mazaltrim"), [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak") and [Yinnon Meshi](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/yinnon-meshi/?ts=markdown "Posts by Yinnon Meshi")

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[![NL2XQL: Turning Natural Language into Powerful Cybersecurity Querying](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Explaining.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/nl2xql-turning-natural-language-into-powerful-cybersecurity-querying/)

## [AI and Cybersecurity](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/ai-and-cybersecurity/?ts=markdown), [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown), [Product Features](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/product-features/?ts=markdown), [Use-Cases](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/use-cases/?ts=markdown)

### [NL2XQL: Turning Natural Language into Powerful Cybersecurity Querying](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/nl2xql-turning-natural-language-into-powerful-cybersecurity-querying/)

NL2XQL transforms natural language into powerful XQL queries, making cybersecurity investigations accessible to all security teams without requiring deep syntax knowledge.  
Apr 23, 2025  
By [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak") and [Lior Perry](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/lior-perry/?ts=markdown "Posts by Lior Perry")

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[![On Credible and Cyber-Contextual Labeling](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Thinking-Twitter-1.jpg)](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/on-credible-and-cyber-contextual-labeling/)

## [Must-Read Articles](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/category/must-read-articles/?ts=markdown)

### [On Credible and Cyber-Contextual Labeling](https://origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/on-credible-and-cyber-contextual-labeling/)

Discover how Palo Alto Networks combines customer feedback, expert analysis, deterministic rules, stochastic models, and statistical methods to generate credible labels for training machine learning models in cybersecurity.  
Apr 04, 2024  
By [Gal Itzhak](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-itzhak/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal Itzhak")

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