SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), a leader in The
Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers,
Q3 2020, today introduced five key innovations that make it easier
for customers to adopt Zero Trust across their network security
stack.
"The productivity of a hybrid workforce lies in the ability for
users to move freely on and off the campus network and still
securely access any applications or data from any device in any
location. Enabling this seamless experience securely is one of the
many promises of a Zero Trust architecture," said Anand Oswal, senior vice president, Firewall as
a Platform, Palo Alto Networks. "Today we are making it
significantly simpler for companies to adopt complete Zero Trust
Network Security."
Today's introductions of SaaS Security, Advanced URL Filtering,
DNS Security, Cloud Identity Engine, and new ML-Powered Firewalls
allow organizations to easily and effectively implement Zero Trust
Network Security with four key benefits:
- Secure access to the right applications: The first
integrated Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that allows
customers to proactively extend secure access to all SaaS
applications, including those never seen before.
- Secure access for the right users: The industry's first
Cloud Identity Engine allows customers to easily authenticate and
authorize their users across enterprise networks, clouds and
applications, irrespective of where their identity stores
live.
- Enhanced security: The Advanced URL Filtering service
offers industry-first prevention of zero-day web attacks with
inline machine learning capabilities. The expanded DNS Security
capabilities prevent emerging DNS attacks that no other solution
protects against.
- Making secure access universally available: These new
capabilities are designed to be available on all firewall form
factors: hardware, software and cloud-delivered, making safe access
universally available, regardless of where users are located. In
addition to the existing firewalls, these innovations will run on
new ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall models to enable Zero Trust
Network Security across your enterprise — from the smallest branch
offices (with the PA-400 Series) to the largest campuses and
hyperscale data centers (with the PA-5450 platform).
"The Palo Alto Networks SaaS Security solution is
straightforward to deploy. We are leveraging the solution's
enterprise-class capabilities to protect data across all of our
corporate SaaS applications," said Bobby
Wilkins, vice president of cybersecurity, Caesars
Entertainment Corporation.
"At Takeda, we believe in better health for people and a
brighter future for the world, and having the right cybersecurity
partner is critical for achieving that vision. The breadth of
innovation in this release has convinced me Palo Alto Networks will
continue to play a vital role in how we securely enable the
translation of science into life-changing medicines," said
Michael Towers, CISO, Takeda
Pharmaceutical North America.
"Our customers across the spectrum want the same visibility into
unknown threats and context-based policies that are the mark of
advanced security postures. The latest release of Palo Alto
Networks ML-driven Next-Generation Firewalls brings the performance
and modern capabilities that will help us to bring innovative
cybersecurity solutions to any business, large or small," said
Tom Cahill, vice-president, Product
and Partner Management, CDW.
"With the same ML-driven capabilities WWT and Palo Alto Networks
deliver to large enterprises and service providers, the new
Next-Generation Firewall form factors, out-of-the-box readiness,
and security innovations will now enable us to deliver
best-in-class cybersecurity solutions to a broad segment of
mid-size enterprises and smaller businesses," said Greg Schoeny, vice president, Services and
Strategic Solutions at World Wide Technology.
Availability
Most of the hardware and all of the new
features will be available in June. The smallest desktop firewall,
the PA-410, will be available in late summer.
More Information
An overview of the ML-Powered NGFW
platform and its new capabilities is available here. Join the
virtual launch event series starting on June 9, 2021, to learn more.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks, the
global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future
with technology that is transforming the way people and
organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity
partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help
address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous
innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial
intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By
delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing
ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens
of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile
devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more
secure than the one before. For more information, visit
www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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