Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks - the leader in innovative Next Generation Firewalls!
Traditional firewall "port blocking" often does not meet the demands of today's applications- and threat scenarios.
Palo Alto Networks firewall is a true innovation with unprecedented visibility and control of applications and content of individual users, and not just IP addresses - without any loss in performance.
Almost all IP traffic within companies and organizations affects the internet in some way. This does not just refer to "surfing". The internet has given rise to a variety of new applications used by network users for both private and professional purposes. Many of these applications help to boost productivity, while others occupy bandwith and are unnecessary security risks.
Traditional firewalls are not able to identify internet applications and manage them intelligently, rather they only classify traffic according to protocols and ports. Most web traffic would be identified as simple HTTP traffic through port 80 without any additional information on the application, ports and protocols used. This is not only a "port 80 problem". Internet applications are increasingly using encrypted SSL tunnels with port 443 or using alternate ports disguised by "port hopping" to find loopholes in the firewall.
Traditional firewalls are not an effective protection to intelligently manage the benefits and risks of today´s internet applications. IT departments of companies and authorities are trying to offset these shortcomings by relying on proxies, IDP systems, URL filters and other complex solutions - all of which are inefficient in fixing the application problem, and are also difficult to handle and expensive.
Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2007 by security visionary Nir Zuk (formerly Checkpoint and Juniper/NetScreen) with the mission to "reinvent" the firewall and make it the main strategic security device in the network.
With patented APP-IDtm technology, these "Next Generation Firewalls" identify applications, regardless of port, protocol and SSL encryption. They control content, stop threats and prevent data loss. Web 2.0 applications can be fully controlled and monitored while consolidating other security solutions on a single product.
Some unique capabilities of Next Generation Firewalls from Palo Alto Networks:
- The only firewall that accurately identifies applications based not only on port / protocol information
- The only firewall that encrypts SSL traffic and identifies, monitors and inspects applications
- The only firewall with realtime control for protection against viruses, spyware, data leakage and applicatiopn vulnerabilities, based on a "stream-based threat prevention engine"
- The only firewall with graphical visualization of applications in the network providing detailed categorization according to users, groups and network data sessions, bytes, ports, threats and time
- The only firewall with line speed and lowest latency for all services - even under load
For further information, please visit: http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/