Now there’s even more exciting news about the recently announced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Flexible Network Load Balancer, which handles volatile traffic patterns and millions of flows with high throughput  – all while maintaining ultra-low latency. With the integration between VM-Series virtual firewalls and the OCI Flexible Network Load Balancer, organizations can discover extensive security scaling and performance acceleration  – without the complexities that frequently come with deploying third-party appliances in public cloud environments.   Security Must Keep ..read more

In any high tech industry, it’s not often that a company gets to define a new market, and then continue to expand and reshape it for more than a decade. It’s even less common in our highly competitive cybersecurity space. Maybe that’s why this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls feels like a milestone to us.   Gartner recognized Palo Alto Networks as a Leader for the eighth time in its 2019 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. We’ve achieved the highest position for ability to execute and furthest position for completeness of vision in the Magic Quadrant.  Palo Alto Networks d ..read more

Throughout this series, I have covered the case for decryption, including why, where and what you should consider when purchasing technology for your organization’s needs. However, enabling SSL decryption is not just about having the right technology in place. A triad of people, process and tools must align and work together toward the same goal. With an agreement between teams and a handle on the appropriate processes and tools, you can begin decrypting traffic. I recommend following these best practices for optimum results and to avoid common pitfalls. Determine the sensitive traffic that m ..read more

 Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. In this series, we’ll dive into the case for decryption, including where and how you should enable it to meet your company’s needs. In my last post, I covered Next-Generation Firewall buying criteria for your decryption needs. Lately there has been discussion on the internet about whethe ..read more

In my last post, I discussed why NGFWs are the most suitable devices to decrypt traffic, providing several advantages. However not all NGFWs are equal, and unfortunately, it can be difficult to distinguish between firewalls with similar claims. It is important to have clear guidelines for evaluating an NGFW prior to purchase. This will ensure the firewall can support a comprehensive breach prevention strategy, which includes SSL decryption. Here are the criteria to compare the SSL decryption capabilities of NGFWs: Granularly choose what to decrypt: Privacy concerns and regulations require that ..read more

 Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. In this series, we’ll dive into the case for decryption, including where and how you should enable it to meet your company’s needs. In my first post of this series, I wrote about the case for decryption and its benefits. Many technical options are available to decrypt traffic on your ne ..read more

Gartner has published its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls and positioned Palo Alto Networks as a leader for the seventh consecutive time. To read a complimentary copy of the complete report, visit: https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-network-firewall.html The Gartner Magic Quadrant depicts a market using a two-dimensional matrix that evaluates vendors based on their Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new features that protect customers from emerging threats, provide exper ..read more

Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. In this series, we’ll dive into the case for decryption, including where and how you should enable it to meet your company’s needs. Encryption is a great means for secure and private business information exchange, and it is necessary for compliance. However, as encrypted traffic is essen ..read more

We are pleased to announce the availability of our Panorama Interconnect plugin, which will enable Panorama to manage tens of thousands of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. Large organizations find it challenging to scale firewall onboarding, maintain consistent security policies and deploy emergency changes across thousands of firewalls. Remote locations may not have security experts, making central manageability critical. Management tools should provide flexibility to balance central oversight with distributed control. As shown below, Panorama Interconnect scales centralized conf ..read more

We are excited to announce that Palo Alto Networks has achieved a “Recommended” rating, and a spot in the upper-right corner of the NSS Labs NGFW Security Value Map, or SVM, indicating high security effectiveness and low total cost of ownership, or TCO. This is in addition to other recent NSS Labs “Recommended” ratings in the Data Center Security Gateway test, Breach Prevention Gateway test, NGIPS test, and Advanced Endpoint Protection test. Highlights from the test include: 100% evasions blocked (190 out of 190) 98.73% NSS exploit block rate Our performance in the NSS Labs NGFW Group test i ..read more