Palo Alto Firewalls - modern firewalls for modern times
The principle of classic firewalls is almost as old as the Internet itself. Where the exchange of data, some of which is highly confidential, takes place, it is imperative that security measures be implemented. This fundamental concept has not changed over the course of the last few decades. During this time, however, information technology has developed at breakneck speed. It stands to reason that decades-old safeguards will lose their effectiveness over time.
Compare this to historical developments: While city walls were an effective protection against attackers for centuries, they became less and less important as technology advanced, until they finally became completely ineffective with the proliferation of cannons. The race between defenders (users, companies) and attackers (hackers, cybercriminals, etc.) in the digital space is no different.
What is special about Palo Alto firewalls?
With traditional firewalls, you could basically only choose between two options:
You can see that these two options hardly allow any compromises.
To meet the current threats, therefore, a security standard was established recently that simply layered several security systems on top of each other: VPN gateways, content filters, IDS/IPS and packet filters. This currently still common method may offer a certain level of protection against threats, but in principle it is one thing: piecemeal.
To stay with the previous comparison with the wall that is supposed to protect a city against attackers, it is easy to understand that a city wall that has been repaired everywhere necessary carries an increased risk of collapsing under attack.
In the case of security software, this overlaying primarily leads to unnecessarily high consumption of resources, significantly increased latency, and high complexity. The latter, above all, creates the risk of application errors that can compromise your IT systems.
Palo Alto firewalls take a new approach. These firewalls are the latest generation security software. Not only are they capable of monitoring all applications in real time and inspecting the content of traffic; Palo Alto Firewalls use the innovative AI-based methods of "deep learning" to dynamically adapt to your security needs.
The result is a new level of security.
The result is a firewall that adapts to your personal or corporate security lines, finding the optimal compromise between necessary security and flexibility.
What capabilities do Palo Alto firewalls offer you?
What's in favor of a Palo Alto Firewall?
In addition to the technical sophistication of firewalls that provide you with superior protection against modern threats in cyberspace, Palo Alto Firewalls give you the benefit of other amenities:
Conclusion
Palo Alto Firewalls are the logical evolution of IT security systems to meet the challenges of emerging threats from cyberspace. The use of AI-based analytics tools enables an IT security approach that fully adapts to your needs and also evolves dynamically.
The Palo Alto Networks PA-5400 Series – consisting of the models PA-5445, PA-5440, PA-5430, PA-5420, and PA-5410 – offers a powerful and innovative solution for protecting high-speed data centers, internet gateways, and service provider environments. These Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) secure all traffic, including encrypted data, and are the world’s first firewalls to integrate machine learning (ML) into their core.
ML-Powered Security of the Next Generation
- Inline Protection Without Signatures: Stops unknown attacks, including file-based threats, and immediately blocks new phishing attempts.
- Cloud-Supported ML Processes: Updates firewalls with zero-delay signatures and instructions in real-time.
- IoT Protection: Detects IoT devices through behavioral analysis and automatically recommends security policies.
- Automated Policy Recommendations: Reduces human errors and saves valuable time.
Comprehensive Transparency Through Layer-7 Inspection
- Identifies applications regardless of port, protocol, encryption, or evasion techniques.
- Enables safe use of applications through granular, customizable policies for allowance, inspection, and traffic shaping.
- Allows the creation of custom App-ID™ tags and reports, including detailed insights into sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS applications.
- Protects against data exfiltration by detecting and blocking potentially malicious files and data patterns in real-time.
Powerful Security Architecture with PAN-OS®
- Central Control Element: PAN-OS® is the foundation of all Palo Alto NGFWs and enables native classification of traffic, threats, and content.
- User-Centric Security: Links traffic to user identities regardless of location or device.
- Faster Incident Response: Security policies are based on applications, content, and users, improving security posture and reducing response time.
The Palo Alto Networks PA-5400 Series – consisting of the models PA-5445, PA-5440, PA-5430, PA-5420, and PA-5410 – offers a powerful and innovative solution for protecting high-speed data centers, internet gateways, and service provider environments. These Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) secure all traffic, including encrypted data, and are the world’s first firewalls to integrate machine learning (ML) into their core.
ML-Powered Security of the Next Generation
- Inline Protection Without Signatures: Stops unknown attacks, including file-based threats, and immediately blocks new phishing attempts.
- Cloud-Supported ML Processes: Updates firewalls with zero-delay signatures and instructions in real-time.
- IoT Protection: Detects IoT devices through behavioral analysis and automatically recommends security policies.
- Automated Policy Recommendations: Reduces human errors and saves valuable time.
Comprehensive Transparency Through Layer-7 Inspection
- Identifies applications regardless of port, protocol, encryption, or evasion techniques.
- Enables safe use of applications through granular, customizable policies for allowance, inspection, and traffic shaping.
- Allows the creation of custom App-ID™ tags and reports, including detailed insights into sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS applications.
- Protects against data exfiltration by detecting and blocking potentially malicious files and data patterns in real-time.
Powerful Security Architecture with PAN-OS®
- Central Control Element: PAN-OS® is the foundation of all Palo Alto NGFWs and enables native classification of traffic, threats, and content.
- User-Centric Security: Links traffic to user identities regardless of location or device.
- Faster Incident Response: Security policies are based on applications, content, and users, improving security posture and reducing response time.
The PA-800 Series ML-powered Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) are controlled by PAN-OS®, which natively classifies all traffic, including applications, threats and content, and then maps that traffic to the appropriate user, regardless of location or device type. The application, content and user - the resources essential to your operations - are then used as the basis for your security guidance to increase security posture and reduce incident response times.
The PA-800 Series ML-powered Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) are controlled by PAN-OS®, which natively classifies all traffic, including applications, threats and content, and then maps that traffic to the appropriate user, regardless of location or device type. The application, content and user - the resources essential to your operations - are then used as the basis for your security guidance to increase security posture and reduce incident response times.