Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall Managed Service

Firewalls provide visibility and control of network applications, allowing you to maximise the Internet, but minimise risk.

Internet traffic accounts for over half the traffic running on corporate networks. Traffic is a mix of personal and business applications, some high risk that pass undetected through open ports on your firewall.

How next generation firewalls work

Palo Alto Networks bring visibility and control by user not just IP address. Using App-ID technology they identify applications regardless of port, protocol or evasive tactic of SSL encryption, scan the content, stop threats and prevent data leakage. SSL VPN support allows your remote workers to safely use web-based applications regardless of location. 

Key Benefits

Application visibility and control - accurately identifies applications on the network enabling application control at the firewall

VPN connectivity - secure site-to-site connectivity is enabled through standards-based IPSec VPN support, while remote user access is delivered via SSL VPN connectivity

Citrix and terminal services visibility - user identity is collected and used to give visibility and control over applications, users and content

Real-time threat prevention - detects and blocks viruses, spyware, worms and application vulnerabilities; controls web activity and improves performance and accuracy

File and data filtering - administrators can implement different policies to reduce risk associated with unauthorised file and data transfer

Palo Alto Networks Unique Features

• Classified traffic based on identification of the application
• Identify, control and inspect SSL encrypted traffic and applications Real-time (line-rate, low latency) content scanning to protect against viruses, spyware, data leakage and application vulnerabilities based on a stream-based threat prevention engine 
• Graphical visualisation of applications with detailed user, group and network-level data categorised by sessions, bytes, ports, threats and time
• Line-rate, low-latency performance for all services, even under load