The security services available for Palo Alto Networks Next Generation firewalls enable advanced, integrated functionality that goes beyond the built-in fine grained, application aware controls, introducing IDS, IPS and other security functionality to the platform:

Cortex: Cortex XDR and XSOAR, endpoint protection and response, Cortex Data Lake, Cortex Xpanse for Attack Surface Management and Autofocus for Threat Intelligence.

Prisma: Prisma Access, Palo Alto Networks’ Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, Prisma Cloud and Prisma SD-WAN.STRATA: Next Generation firewalls, associated security services, PAN-OS SD-WAN.In recent years Palo Alto Networks have expanded their offerings from the original Next Generation firewalls and now provide a wide range of products and solutions as part of a comprehensive, defence-in-depth portfolio:

Next Generation firewalls inspect and understand all layers of the networking stack as well as the network applications enabling them to intelligently block threats invisible to traditional firewalls. To overcome this limitation Palo Alto Networks developed the Next Generation firewall with the ability to identify network applications and provide fine-grained controls and in-depth protection regardless of port numbers or protocols used. Traditional firewalls utilise simple rules, port numbers and protocols to filter traffic without an in-depth understanding of what is being blocked or allowed. It was founded in 2005, driven by the emerging need to safely enable the use of modern network applications. Palo Alto Networks is one of the global leaders in the cybersecurity space.

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