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IT security leaders, network administrators, and enterprises seeking advanced, AI-driven firewall solutions to protect diverse environments from sophisticated and emerging cyber threats

About Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks offers ML-powered Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) that use inline deep learning to detect and stop the most evasive and unknown zero-day threats. These firewalls provide zero-delay signature updates, ensuring threats are blocked within seconds across the network. The platform delivers detailed visibility into IoT and connected devices, profiling them accurately to prevent unmanaged access. With AI-driven operations, it maximizes security effectiveness while minimizing downtime and resource costs. Recognized as a leader by industry analysts like Forrester, Palo Alto Networks’ NGFWs protect organizations of all sizes and complexities. They support a wide range of deployment environments including branch offices, data centers, public cloud, and 5G networks under a unified security architecture.

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Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.5 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 3.5 / 5
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Palo Alto Networks
Founded: 2005
United States
www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/next-generation-firewall

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Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls Verified User Reviews

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  • Harish Kumar B.
    Senior Technical Engineer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator
    Company Size: 5,000 - 9,999
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    "Comprehensive and Robust Security with Palo Alto Networks NGFW"

    Posted 2024-11-22

    Pros: It has the capabilities of identifying and blocking cyber threats with features like cloud threat intelligence and Wildfire with ATP.
    It provides accurate control by enforcing policies based on applications and users rather than IP addresses or ports.
    Implements Zero Trust principles, which are identity-based controls.
    Easily integrates with other Palo Alto products and third-party solutions for any architecture.
    Regular signature updates and feature enhancements keep the firewall up-to-date with the latest threats.
    It has layer 7 visibility and SSL decrypting capabilities.

    Cons: Initial investment and ongoing subscriptions make the device budget-conscious. Other features like threat intelligence, cloud management, and wildfire added to the device, like being heavier in terms of cost.
    Advanced features and control may require long learning for the less experienced administrators.
    Firmware and software upgrades may cause temporary service disruptions.

    Overall: It is a great market leader in terms of next-generation firewalls. The panorama is the added advantage to it to manage the firewalls centralized and provides the insights. But its cost will be considerable when compared to all other firewalls.

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  • A Palo Alto Networks NGFW User
    Senior Security Analyst
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: Administrator
    Company Size: 20,000 or More
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    Ease
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    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "One of the best NGFW in current times"

    Posted 2022-11-08

    Pros: Network Analysis.
    Network Troubleshooting.
    Logging and Monitoring.
    IDS and IPS.
    APP ID, User ID, Content ID.
    Scalability.

    Cons: Support can be better and apart from that i don't see any drawback in the product.

    Overall: My overall experience with Palo Alto NGFW is just great, very robust to be used as a perimeter security firewall.

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