Palo Alto Networks is a global leader in cybersecurity, recognized for its Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) that provide advanced threat prevention, expanded visibility and AI-powered security. Unlike traditional firewalls that rely on port filtering, Palo Alto NGFWs use a combination of App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID and Machine Learning (ML) to provide granular control, intrusion prevention and automatic threat mitigation.
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls
Advanced protection with machine learning and AI-powered firewalls
Inline Machine Learning
AI/ML models detect and prevent zero-day exploits without signature updates.
App-ID Technology
Identifies over 3,200 applications regardless of port, protocol or encryption.
Prisma Access SASE
Cloud-delivered secure access with ZTNA, CASB, SWG and SD-WAN capabilities.
User-ID Integration
Maps network activity to specific users through Active Directory, LDAP and SAML integration for user-based policy enforcement.
Content-ID Inspection
Real-time content inspection prevents threats, controls data transfers and limits unauthorized content including file types and URLs.
Advanced Threat Prevention
Cloud-delivered security services including DNS Security, URL Filtering, WildFire malware analysis and IoT Security.
Panorama Centralized Management
Unified management console for policy deployment, monitoring and reporting across thousands of firewalls and Prisma Access environments.
Solution overview
Palo Alto’s Next-Generation Firewalls detect known and zero-day threats including encrypted traffic, using information collected from thousands of locations globally. PAN-OS is the software that runs on all Palo Alto NGFWs – with technologies natively integrated, organizations have complete visibility and control over the applications used by all users and devices at any location.
The platform is complemented by Prisma Access (SASE), Prisma Cloud (cloud security) and Cortex (security operations) for comprehensive security across network, cloud and endpoint environments. Panorama provides centralized management, policy deployment and visibility across distributed firewall infrastructure.
Advanced Threat Intelligence
Main benefits and features
Proactive cybersecurity capabilities designed to detect, analyze and reduce modern digital threats.
App-ID technology
Identifies applications regardless of port, protocol, encryption or evasive technique. Over 3,200 applications are classified with granular policy control.
User-ID integration
Maps network activity to specific users through integration with Active Directory, LDAP, SAML and other identity sources for user-based policy enforcement.
Content-ID inspection
Real-time content inspection prevents threats, controls data transfers and limits unauthorized content including file types, data patterns and URLs.
Inline machine learning
AI/ML models operate inline in the data plane to detect and prevent zero-day exploits, malware variants and evasive threats without signature updates.
Advanced Threat Prevention
Cloud-delivered security services including DNS Security, URL Filtering, WildFire malware analysis and IoT Security.
Prisma Access (SASE)
Cloud-delivered secure access with ZTNA, CASB, SWG and SD-WAN capabilities for remote users and branch locations.
Panorama centralized management
Unified management console for policy deployment, monitoring and reporting across thousands of firewalls and Prisma Access environments.
Decryption capabilities
Granular SSL/TLS decryption policies with certificate management, selective decryption and compliance-aware inspection.
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Continuous Vulnerability Management to identify, prioritize, and remediate risk across all assets
Live Cyber Threat Intelligence integrated directly into your workflows, with global insights and attacker profiling
AI-Powered Threat Detection that learns from your environment, explains alerts in plain language, and suggests next steps
Built-in Compliance Readiness for NIS2, GDPR, ISO 27001, and more, with automated reporting and audit tools
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