SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity
leader, today announced its Traps™ endpoint protection and response
product has achieved the designation of "In Process" for the
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). This
achievement marks an important milestone for Traps, which combines
multiple methods of prevention to provide endpoint security.
Traps stops threats and coordinates enforcement with network and
cloud security to prevent successful cyberattacks. It blocks known
and unknown malware, exploits, and ransomware by observing attack
techniques and behaviors. Additionally, it enables organizations to
automatically stop and respond to sophisticated attacks by using
behavioral threat protection techniques with data collected from
the endpoint, network and cloud.
"We are thrilled to achieve the FedRAMP 'In Process' status for
Traps and look forward to providing U.S. agencies with endpoint
protection and response capabilities that leverage the power and
scale of machine learning and AI to prevent sophisticated attacks,"
said Nick Urick, vice president of
Federal Sales for Palo Alto Networks and president of Palo Alto
Networks Public Sector, LLC. "This milestone signifies
that the U.S. public sector has confidence in the security and
threat prevention capabilities of our cloud-based offering and
demonstrates our commitment to protecting the U.S. federal
government."
U.S. federal government agencies are increasingly embracing the
cloud to reduce the cost of shared service delivery, deploy
services faster and better engage citizens in the digital age. The
Federal IT modernization plan prioritizes adoption of commercial
cloud services as a key initiative for federal agencies.
FedRAMP provides a standardized approach to security assessment,
authorization and continuous monitoring for U.S. government
agencies as they move to the cloud and use cloud-based products and
services. Federal agencies depend on this program to help them
protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. The program also
increases agencies' confidence in the security of cloud
technologies. The "In Process" designation is a key milestone for
companies seeking FedRAMP certification and indicates that Palo
Alto Networks is on track for Traps to be FedRAMP-certified.
For more information on how the Traps service can help secure
federal networks and endpoints, please visit:
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/secure-the-endpoint/traps.
About Palo Alto Networks
We are the global
cybersecurity leader, known for always challenging the security
status quo. Our mission is to protect our way of life in the
digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. This has given
us the privilege of safely enabling tens of thousands of
organizations and their customers. Our pioneering Security
Operating Platform emboldens their digital transformation with
continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in
security, automation, and analytics. By delivering a true platform
and empowering a growing ecosystem of change-makers like us, we
provide highly effective and innovative cybersecurity across
clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Find out more
at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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