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Education
Texas Women's University is the nation's largest university primarily for women with campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston
"Palo Alto Networks is our front line of defense. By making this purchase, we've been able to eliminate two other devices since we have our VPN, our bandwidth control and our firewall, all in one device.
Sinclair Community College is the largest community college at a single location in the state of Ohio.
"After deploying Palo Alto Networks' PA-4000 Series, we were able to not only see which applications were on our network, but we were also able to understand the benefits and risks associated with them."
University de Liège is a major public university in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
"Palo Alto Networks est le seul constructeur qui nous a proposé la protection que nous recherchons depuis si longtemps, c'est-à-dire la possibilité de filtrer le trafic par application et par utilisateur."
Garland Independent School District is the twelfth largest school district in Texas with more than 58,000 students.
"The PA-4000 Series greatly improved network and application performance while giving us instant, sustainable control over the applications and content on our network."
Greenford High School is a vibrant and successful seat of learning for over 1700 pupils aged 11 to 19.
"Controlling what users can access is essential. We cannot compromise on anything less than total responsibility when students – many of whom are under the age of 18 – are accessing materials through our networks"
Peirce College is a private, four-year, specialized institution providing practical, leading edge curricula primarily to working adult learners.
"In my career I've yet to see a major infrastructure piece go in as smoothly as the installation of the Palo Alto Networks firewall."
Shinshu University is a Japanese national university with eight facilities on five campuses.
"Now, our PA-4000 offers us a rich set of features to enable granular policy management by different faculty. We can also delegate policy management privileges to each domain's administrator"
Wellington College is a prestigious 150-year old educational institution founded by Queen Victoria in 1859.
"After investigating several technologies, the Palo Alto Networks firewall provided a much better fit for the needs of the college by combining application visibility and control with intrusion prevention in one solution."
Texas A&M University is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution located in College Station, Texas.
"Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls are multi-function devices that do more than the other products combined, and give us everything we need."
San Jose State University offers rigorous course work and research opportunities to more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students in seven colleges.
"Ensuring (IT) resources are not overwhelmed by threats and risky applications is challenging, given the nature of university environments. The PA-4000 Series enables us to understand and control applications on our networks to achieve that goal."
Energy
DTE Energy is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related services nationwide.
"With Palo Alto Networks we found the visibility into our network we were seeking. Now we get better visibility into what's going on inside our network and into the applications attempting to access our network. From a bandwidth perspective, we don't want to be too restrictive, but we do want to ensure appropriate resources for our business traffic."
Financial Services
Western & Southern Financial Group is a nationally recognized leader in consumer and business financial services.
"The Palo Alto Networks system holds a great deal of promise for simplifying security infrastructure. Strategically, that could translate to the ability to reduce the number of technologies we use and simplify our infrastructure - all while maintaining a very high level of security and resiliency."
Nicolet National Bank provides retail, private and commercial banking needs in northeast Wisconsin.
"I really like the visibility I gain into our network. I can literally review our logs very easily at any time and tell anyone what applications are being used, and by whom, in minutes."
Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent global investment bank that provides financial advise on significant mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and manages merchant banking funds.
"We needed better visibility into our network in order to block access to certain applications – especially Gmail over HTTPS."
Government / Non-Profit
City of Seattle is a commercial hub of the Pacific Northwest and a major port city for trans-Pacific and European travel and trade.
"Palo Alto Networks has created a new generation of security device that identifies applications – not just ports, protocols and source/destination IP addresses – and enforces policies concerning application usage.The granular visibility and control that Palo Alto Networks gives us has allowed us to re-write and enforce our acceptable application usage policies and protect the city."
Tysvær Municipality is in the very heart of Haugalandet, Norway and is renowned for its many long and winding fjords.
"It's quite amazing because for the first time ever I am in complete control over my network which means I can see any traffic coming in and out - not just on ports like on traditional firewalls - but by application."
City of Stauton, Virginia, has more than 20 public schools and a pioneering history in progressive government.
"Not only did Palo Alto Networks give us visibility and control over the applications running on our network, the PA-4000 Series also enables us to consolidate our security infrastructure. Now, one policy engine governs all applications, users and content."
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, a non-profit, has been serving individuals and families for more than 50 years.
"The visibility and control the PA-4000 Series allows us to ensure that bandwidth and network resources are being used appropriately and have not been compromised – giving us the greatest confidence that our clients' privacy and security are protected."
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in New York City, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world.
"The management interface of the Palo Alto Networks firewalls and its ability to dig deep into traffic – including SSL-encrypted applications – provides an intrinsic level of visibility and control to ensure our users and systems are protected, while not being too complex to navigate."
National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States.
"With Palo Alto Networks, I now know what is going on with my network, and I can proactively tackle issues before they become problems. "
Healthcare
Children's Hospital Boston is one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States.
"The performance has been fantastic. Our internet traffic ranges anywhere from 300Mb to 1Gb of data passing through at any given time and the product has handled it smoothly."
Mercy Medical Center is a 130+ year old, Catholic health care facility and teaching hospital for the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
"With Palo Alto Networks, we now know what we didn't know. And it's scary what some of our users and contractors were doing."
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is one of the country's leading academic medical centers.
"Palo Alto Networks allow us to define and enforce appropriate user policies so that the business of the hospital always comes first, risk is minimized and our medical professionals retain maximum flexibility."
ThedaCare is a community health system providing a wide range of health services to residents of central Wisconsin.
"Our old security infrastructure didn't allow us to break down traffic on our network. Palo Alto Networks helps us see exactly how our network bandwidth is being used and ensure that applications are safely enabled for business purposes."
Sisters of Mercy Health System is the ninth largest Catholic healthcare system in the U.S. and provides critical services across seven states.
"With the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), firewall and other functionality the Palo Alto Networks firewall offers all in one box, it makes sense to switch to Palo Alto Networks."
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is an internationally renowned institution with a state-of-the-art trauma center that is known for its innovative training and advanced use of technology.
"Visibility is important to us, and no other product we've seen has the price/performance benefits and overall security cost of ownership improvements that Palo Alto Networks delivers."
Lennox Hill Radiology was founded in 1988 and is a radiologist owned and operated imaging center in New York.
"After evaluating the PA-4000 Series, its ability to control applications and perform access control, as well as inspect content for threats and vulnerabilities – all through an easy, simple management structure – just blew us away."
Manufacturing
Nordson Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of systems that apply adhesives, sealants and coatings.
"The PA-4020 has simplified the tasks of managing security at our remote site. And it gives us visibility that no one else can match, telling us exactly which applications are on the network."
Curt G. Joa Inc. (JOA) is one of the world's leading engineering and specialty manufacturers of machinery for the production of disposable products.
"I don't get enthusiastic very often, but the Palo Alto Networks firewall thrills me. I can easily go in to see user activity, denied sources or anything. It's simple, intuitive and effective."
Haworth is a leading designer and manufacturer of office furniture for organizations worldwide.
"Palo Alto Networks gives us a solution that allows us to leverage the productivity gains and efficiencies of Web 2.0 applications, while offering granular visibility and control by the user, so we can make sure the applications are being used in a manner that is safe for our users and the organization."
Real Estate
Olav Thon Group is Norway's largest private property owner and developer. The Group owns 420 properties in Norway and 25 abroad.
"Palo Alto is user friendly, easy to operate and first among firewalls. It gives total overview of all applications running on our network. It is very easy to provide certain applications to specified user or group."
Retail
Charlotte Russe is a growing, mall-based specialty retailer of fashionable, value-priced apparel and accessories.
"Everyone we've worked with at Palo Alto has always gone above and beyond. It's an awesome technology and one that sells itself. The more we use it and learn about it, the more amazing the technology gets."
Technology
Farm Credit Financial Partners is the premier provider of technology services to farm credit associations throughout the U.S.
"...the model Gartner suggests for a next generation firewall is exactly what Palo Alto Networks built."
Qualcomm is a wireless telecommunications research and development company, as well as the largest fabless chip supplier in the world.
"They (Palo Alto Networks) provided us high throughput firewalling and high throughput IPS. We were able to do antivirus and at the same time we were able to do application based firewalling which was one of our biggest requirements at the time."
Sermicro is a technology solutions and ITC business process outsourcing company in Madrid, Spain.
"La gran ventaja que nos ha proporcionado Palo Alto Networks en nuestra empresa ha sido una reducción de costes fijos derivados de otros dispositivos necesarios en la red, como por ejemplo, el filtrado de URL o el IPS. La reducción especifica de estos costes ha llegado a hacer del 75%...sin sufrir ningún tipo de modificación en el comportamiento normal de la red."
Sonic Solutions designs and manufactures DVD publishing systems used to prepare music, video, film, graphics and entertainment software.
"Our existing security solution is blind to traffic flowing across port 80. Palo Alto Networks provides us with user-based application visibility and control."
Telecommunications / Web Services
Cricket Communications, Inc., is a leading provider of unlimited, no-contract wireless services with more than 4 million subscribers nationwide.
"Palo Alto's products are the best we've seen for traffic identification. They're easy to use, very accurate and it's extremely easy to drill down into the information to pinpoint abusers or threats and block them before they impact service."
Networx Australia specializes in security services and internet connectivity for medium to large enterprises in both the private and public corporate sectors.
"Palo Alto is the only single device that can give you the insights, the reports and the flexibility that we require. We needed a next-generation firewall to do it at gigabytes speed."
Reed is the UK's leading job site. Over 2 million jobseekers visit reed.co.uk every month, making over 45,000 job applications everyday.
"What Palo Alto Networks does is it allows me to put everything on one box. I have one cost, I have one management cost and I can reduce total cost of ownership."
PGi offers on-demand communications solutions for audio and web conferencing, document delivery, desktop fax, and notifications.
"It is one of the most simple devices I have ever had to configure and just ship out the door and just had it work."
Idealista is the leading real estate web portal in Spain with over 536,000 listings by individuals, agencies and developers.
"Con Palo Alto Networks, con un manera rápida y sencilla, podemos ver que está pasando en tiempo real a nivel de maquinas y de usuarios. Lo cual nos da tranquilidad de tener todo bajo control."
Fortune 100 Global Technology Company is a leading provider of telecommunications equipment to carriers and enterprises worldwide.
"We view the future as moving [from our current firewall] to application awareness. Applications are the target for next generation threats. We have to understand the networks, threats, and applications, especially in a Web 2.0 / cloud environment."
TRANSPORTATION
Koch Logistics is a transportation logistics company providing third party transportation, shipping and distribution services.
"With Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall, now we can not only see what's on our network, we can control it. The result is I'm confident in our ability to protect our network from harmful applications and other risks."
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls
Gartner believes the firewall market is evolving and recommends clients migrate to next-generation firewalls. Download the full 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant now!
Market Education White Papers
Gartner Research: Defining the Next-Generation Firewall
Analyst perspective on the evolving threats driving enterprises to consider next-generation firewalls. Report includes definition, market analysis, and recommendations.
IANS: Impact of Web 2.0 on the Enterprise
IANS, a leading research company focused on information security, has just published their risk assessment of adopting Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise.
New research conducted by Forrester provides insights about how IT decision makers from large enterprises are addressing the challenges of securing web 2.0 applications.
Find out how we're re-inventing network security, starting with the firewall. By focusing on applications, users, and content – not ports and protocols – as the key elements to deliver visibility and control, our next-generation firewalls allow enterprises to safely enable modern applications, without taking on the unnecessary risks that accompany them.
To Block or Not. Is That the Question?
There is a serious problem with today's enterprise networks – the users are in control. This paper examines the difficult tradeoffs that IT departments face when determining the appropriate strategy and policies for Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 applications.
The Application Usage and Risk Report: Spring 2010
The Application Usage and Risk Report from Palo Alto Networks provides a unique view into the actual application traffic traversing the networks of more than 350 large enterprise organizations.
Academic Freedom or Application Chaos: A Delicate Balancing Act
A summary of network application traffic assesments performed on 35 university networks around the world. Findings show that P2P file sharing continues to be used while browser-based file sharing applications are increasing in their use. And not surprisingly, applications that are more focused on entertainment than on education were used heavily. What was not expected was the relatively high use of proxies, encrypted tunneling and remote desktop access applications.
Side Effects of End-User Applications on Healthcare Networks
A summary of network application traffic assessments performed on 41 healthcare networks around the world. Findings show applications that enable employees to circumvent controls were in use, as were P2P and browser-based file sharing applications. Applications that are entertainment oriented were being used heavily.
The Application Usage and Risk Report: Fall 2009 Edition
The Application Usage and Risk Report from Palo Alto Networks provides a unique view into the actual application traffic traversing the networks of more than 200 large enterprise organizations.
It's Time To Fix The Firewall - eBook
The increasing volume of Internet content, threats, and applications on the corporate network have rendered traditional port-blocking firewalls virtually useless. Find out how this happened and what you can do about it in this short introductory e-book. You can skim it in 10 minutes or go deeper through many embedded links.
Ponemon Report: The Ignored Risk of Employees' Use of Internet Applications
The Ponemon Institute and Palo Alto Networks have collaborated on a new report examining Internet usage in 193 organizations, representing 649 end users and 301 IT professionals. The report puts a spotlight on end user behaviors and motivations associated with Internet applications. And it reveals a surprising disparity between Internet usage policies established by IT and the reality in the workplace.
Next Generation Firewalls - The Policy and Security Control Point
This report describes the existing and emerging set of security threats and the limitations of the current generation of firewalls. The report also describes what is needed in a next generation firewall to ensure that the product can do a fundamentally better job of protecting the organization from security threats than is possible with the current generation of firewalls.
Next Generation Firewalls - Restoring Effectiveness Through Application Visibility and Control
This paper explores a combination of ongoing and emerging factors that are exposing a variety of deficiencies with current firewall designs. These issues and flaws are then used to establish the criteria that define the ideal solution: a next-generation firewall that incorporates application inspection at its core.
SOLUTION / TECHNOLOGY WHITE PAPERS
The Future of Intrusion Prevention
Viruses, worms, and other malware are increasingly targeting applications and enterprises are struggling to defend the corporate network from these sophisticated threats with their existing security infrastructure. Learn why Gartner believes the future of IPS is a next-generation firewall.
Moving Network Security From Black and White to Color
The old model of security was simple, but business, applications, and technology require more sophistication in network security – since applications aren’t threats. This paper discusses how to have more business-relevant network security (beyond simple block/allow at the network port) without increasing complexity and cost.
Palo Alto Networks to Protect Microsoft SharePoint Deployments
Learn how Palo Alto Networks can help IT managers detect and control Microsoft SharePoint deployments.
Controlling Peer-to-Peer Applications With Palo Alto Networks
Learn how Palo Alto Networks provides enterprises with visibility into and control over applications traversing the network irrespective of port, protocol, SSL encryption or evasive tactic used.
Using Palo Alto Networks to Protect the Datacenter
White paper on the benefits of using Palo Alto Networks to protect the data center.
How to Reduce the Cost and Complexity of PCI Compliance
This paper describes how segmentation and policy control over applications, users and content reduces PCI compliance burden.
Preventing Data Leaks at the Firewall
This paper discusses the problems organizations face trying to identify and prevent data leakage, the shortfalls of DLP technology, and Palo Alto Networks' simple, cost effective and extremely powerful solution.
Reducing Costs with Next Generation Firewalls
This paper examines three different organizations, the legacy infrastructure they replaced, the Palo Alto Networks next generation firewalls they deployed, and the substantial savings they realized – cutting both capital and operations costs by an average of 50%.
Overview of new features in PAN-OS 3.1.
Key features, performance capacities and specifications for the PA-4000 Series.
Key features, performance capacities and specifications for the PA-2000 Series.
Key features, performance capacities and specifications for the PA-500.
Panorama Centralized Management Datasheet
Overview of Panorama, the centralized security management system, that provides global control over multiple Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls.
Integrated URL Filtering Datasheet
Overview of optional integrated URL filtering capabilities supported on all models.
Overview of optional threat prevention capabilities supported on all models.
Overview of the Palo Alto Networks customer services offerings including support services, educational services and professional services.
Palo Alto Networks Corporate Backgrounder
A two-page overview of Palo Alto Networks, including the company, unique differentiators, management team, and investors.
Protecting SharePoint Deployments
This solution note outlines three challenges commonly found in SharePoint deployments and how Palo Alto Networks can help security teams address each of them. MORE >
Managing the Use of Instant Messaging Applications
Instant Messaging (IM) applications are just one of the invaluable communications tools that are used to keep in touch with friends, family and co-workers. The dark side of their use is the plain fact that they can introduce certain business and security risks. Learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help organizations achieve the rewards of IM while mitigating the risks.
Managing Skype and other VoIP Applications
Skype is an useful tool for staying in touch with family, friends and co-workers. Yet its use represents risks to the company from both a business and security perspective. Learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help enterprises securely enable Skype.
Enabling Facebook on Enterprise Networks
Viewed as both a means of enhancing the bottom line and one of killing productivity, Facebook is in use on enterprise networks. Learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help enterprises securely enable Facebook.
Twitter has rapidly established itself in the business world, despite the business and security risks. Learn more about how Palo Alto Networks can help enterprises identify and control Twitter.
This tech brief provides an overview of the patent-pending App-ID classification technology that determines the exact identify of applications, irrespective of port, protocol, evasive tactic, or SSL encryption.
Overview of technology used to deliver real-time threat prevention and content control.
Overview of user identification technology that integrates with Active Directory, Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Services.
Comparing Palo Alto Networks with Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
Comparison of next generation firewall technology with Web Application Firewalls (WAF).
Comparing Palo Alto Networks with Proxy-Based Products
Comparison of Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall technology with proxies.
Comparing Palo Alto Networks with IPS Products
Comparing next generation firewall technology with an IPS for application visibility and control.
Comparing Palo Alto Networks with UTM Products
Comparison of Palo Alto Networks next generation firewall technology with a UTM.
Introduction to Palo Alto Networks Firewall
In this overview product demo, we highlight the application visibility and policy control elements of our product. (7 min) PLAY VIDEO
Learn more about the patent-pending technology for application identification and classification.
JumpStart Weekly Webcast
Jumpstart Webinars are weekly live demonstrations of Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall. We will illustrate common use cases based on real world customer deployments, followed by an interactive Q&A session. MORE >
60 Minutes with Security Visionary Nir Zuk
Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, for a live interactive online interview with security analyst Mark Bouchard, CISSP. Nir Zuk has been delivering innovation to the information security industry for the last 20+ years. He was one of the developers of stateful inspection firewall technology, worked on the world's first intrusion prevention and detection appliance and is now pioneering next-generation firewalls. Watch Nir speak about the state of the information security industry and then pose your toughest questions to him.
Enterprise 2.0:
A Delicate Balancing Act Between Enablement and Security
New collaboration and web 2.0 applications are being adopted rapidly by enterprise users, often without the consent or knowledge of IT departments. Even with conventional control mechanisms such as firewalls, IPS, and URL filtering solutions in place, technically savvy users can often circumvent IT security through the use of proxies, encryption, or other evasive maneuvers. Join Forrester Research for an insightful discussion of how IT decision makers from large enterprises in North America and Europe are addressing this challenge.
Gartner Analyst Webcast
Watch Gartner Research VP Greg Young discuss the changing network security landscape and why they recommend all clients migrate to next-generation firewalls.
Federal Computer Week Webcast: Evolving Network Security for Today’s Network Usage and Threats
Palo Alto Networks’ VP of Product Management, Lee Klarich, leads an educational discussion of the evolution of the application and threat landscape, provides insight into why traditional firewalls are not suited to control these new applications and threats and provides advice on what organizations can do about this problem going forward.
The (Im)perfect Perimeter: The Current State of IDS, IPS, Firewalls
With the constant influx of consumer technology and web-based applications into the enterprise, the perimeter no longer exists in its hardened fashion. As a result, technologies originally developed for that purpose such as firewalls and network IDS are now less relevant and less effective. How do different industries formulate their layered defenses with the latest intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and firewall solutions to address the new computing reality and its associated threat vectors?
SANS What Works Webcast: Tapping Unexpected Benefits of IPS + Next-Gen Firewall at Farm Credit Financial Partners
With the constant influx of consumer technology and web-based applications into the enterprise, the perimeter no longer exists in its hardened fashion. As a result, technologies originally developed for that purpose such as firewalls and network IDS are now less relevant and less effective. How do different industries formulate their layered defenses with the latest intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, and firewall solutions to address the new computing reality and its associated threat vectors?
Enabling the Collaborative Enterprise Without Putting Your Company at Risk
Collaboration is a strategic business imperative in today’s economy. But how do you enable applications such as WebEx, Facebook and Skype without introducing risks of malware attacks, data leakage and other threats? Watch this ISSA webcast to learn how.
Stopping the Hemorrhaging of Personal Health Information
Eric Johnson, professor at Tuck Business School, presents provocative research about the availability of personal health information on P2P networks. Chris King of Palo Alto Networks provides prescriptive guidance to mitigate these risks.
Why Bad Security Breaches Keep Happening to Good Organizations
Join security industry innovator Nir Zuk, CTO of Palo Alto Networks and Dark Reading editor, TIm Wilson for a candid discussion on how breaches occur, what they cost, and why today's traditional network security environments fall short.
Nir Zuk Speaks at Security Conference
At a recent security conference in Stuttgart, Germany, Nir Zuk spoke to a roomful of IT professionals on the limitations of traditional firewall technology, and the benefits of Palo Alto Networks to address new requirements for application control and threat management.
InfoSecurity Webcast: What Applications Are on YOUR Network?
Palo Alto Network shares key findings, analysis, and recommendations from its just released Application Usage and Risk Report, which is based on actual network traffic in more than 60 large enterprises representing nearly a million users.
SANS What Works Webcast: Better Firewall Functionality and Cost Savings at Haworth
Learn why this leading manufacturer of organic workspaces investigated new firewall options and why the selected Palo Alto Networks to provide increaded functionality and granular controls over web 2.0 apps.
SANS Tool Talk: How to Stop Threats that Target Applications
Join Nir Zuk, CTO Palo Alto Networks and SANS for an educational discussion on emerging threats, insight into why traditional firewalls can't control them, and advice on what organizations can do about this problem going forward.
The Rise of User Circumvention and Risky Unauthorized Activities
Chris King from Palo Alto Networks discusses user circumvention - how end users are actively skirting IT security controls with anonymous, external proxies and tunneling applications, enabling risky and unauthorized activities.
New Directions in Firewalls for Emerging Web 2.0 Threats
Industry experts Nir Zuk, CTO of Palo Alto Networks and Joel Scambray, author of the Hacking Exposed book series, discuss the latest threats, analyze how Web 2.0 technology traverses secure perimeters and explain how firewalls must evolve to address these issues.
How to Safely Leverage New Internet Applications
Steve Gold Infosecurity Magazine, talks with Chris King, Palo Alto Networks and Jon Biskner,
Nicolet National Bank about the behavior and risks of specific Internet applications and the IT management strategy being employed to control them.
