VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the next-generation
security company, today announced GlobalProtect™ cloud service, a
new offering that provides the Palo Alto Networks next-generation
security infrastructure as a cloud-based service for remote offices
and mobile users.
The new Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect cloud service will
enable customers to utilize the preventive capabilities of the Palo
Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform, including
application visibility and control, Threat Prevention, URL
Filtering, and WildFire™ threat analysis service, to secure remote
networks and mobile users. With this new service, widely
distributed organizations can improve security while reducing the
complexity of managing costly, time-consuming and cumbersome global
deployments.
The ever-growing population of mobile users, a distributed
workforce and cloud applications are forcing organizations to
evolve their cybersecurity infrastructure, which has traditionally
focused on securing the corporate network. To extend security to
remote networks and mobile users, typical approaches – such as
backhauling traffic to the corporate network or using multiple
point products – can be difficult to manage, costly, and produce
inconsistencies in security policies and protections. When hundreds
or even thousands of devices must be delivered, deployed and
maintained across all remote locations, the result is often an
efficient yet limited security solution with a heavy footprint,
resulting in security deficiencies that can leave an organization
vulnerable to cyberattacks.
The new GlobalProtect cloud service offering eliminates the
operational hurdles posed by traditional distributed security
infrastructure approaches and delivers the preventive capabilities
of the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform to
provide customers with consistent protections needed to prevent
successful cyberattacks across globally distributed network and
cloud environments.
With this new offering, Palo Alto Networks will manage and
maintain a multi-tenant, cloud-based security infrastructure.
Customers can quickly and easily add or remove remote locations and
users, and establish and adjust security policies as needed. This
flexible, always-on and up-to-date new security service can help
customers easily scale to meet growth demands and achieve
consistent security throughout their organizations' computing
environments – no matter where devices or users reside – at a
predictable cost.
QUOTES
- "The Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect cloud service streamlines
the process of deploying security infrastructure for remote offices
and mobile users. With the proper prerequisites in place, we had
functioning gateways around the world in minutes."
– Colin
Bruce, infrastructure architect, Teck Resources Limited
- "Today's organizations require enterprise-class security
consistently delivered to all locations, including small branch
office and mobile users. Palo Alto Networks is uniquely positioned
to deliver the preventive capabilities of our industry-leading
platform in the cloud via our new GlobalProtect cloud service
offering, providing consistent and scalable security for all
locations and users while easing the operational burden shouldered
by IT organizations."
– Lee
Klarich, executive vice president, Product Management, Palo
Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect cloud service offers:
- Scalable log collection via a new logging service that
allows customers to collect ever-expanding rates of data from
remote locations and users, without needing to plan for local
compute and storage.
- Central management through Panorama, providing customers
with a single management interface across a diverse physical,
virtual and cloud service infrastructure through the Panorama™
console.
- Improved SaaS security functionality. With the new
GlobalProtect cloud service and the Aperture™ service, customers
can now use a comprehensive SaaS security feature set delivered in
the cloud without the burden of deploying and scaling physical or
virtual appliances for mobile users and remote locations.
- SD-WAN and IPsec technology partner support for large-scale
remote location deployments. Customers can connect their remote
and edge networks to GlobalProtect cloud service via an on-premise
IPsec VPN capable device, or they can utilize one of the technology
integration partners that support SD-WAN or IPsec VPN connectivity
options. Initial GlobalProtect cloud service integration partners
include Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
Enterprise company; CloudGenix, Nuage Networks from Nokia,
VeloCloud, Viptela and VMware. These initial GlobalProtect cloud
service technology partners join existing SD-WAN technology
partners that have integrated with our next-generation firewall and
include Ecessa, Riverbed Technology, Silver Peak Systems and
Talari.
AVAILABILITY
The GlobalProtect cloud service is targeted for general
availability in August 2017.
GlobalProtect service for remote networks will be licensed
according to bandwidth requirements, from 200 Mbps to 100,000 Mbps.
GlobalProtect service for mobile users will be licensed per user,
from 200 users to over 100,000.
LEARN MORE
- GlobalProtect cloud service
- Blog: Announcing GlobalProtect Cloud Service: Consistent
Protection Delivered to Remote Networks and Mobile Users
- Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security
Platform
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is the next-generation security company, leading
a new era in cybersecurity by safely enabling applications and
preventing cyber breaches for tens of thousands of organizations
worldwide. Built with an innovative approach and highly
differentiated cyberthreat prevention capabilities, our
game-changing security platform delivers security far superior to
legacy or point products, safely enables daily business operations,
and protects an organization's most valuable assets. Find out more
at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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