Threats target applications, and enterprises
struggle to control modern applications with
existing security infrastructure. The current landscape
dictates a new set of requirements for comprehensive
intrusion prevention.

Requirement Palo Alto Networks Traditional IPS
Control Applications Over 900 applications Can only treat a few “bad” applications like threats
Scan allowed traffic for threats Yes, 1000s of signatures Yes, 1000s of signatures
Inspect encrypted traffic Yes No
Research and Support More Microsoft vulnerabilities discovered than any IPS vendor (6 in the last 6 months) Best IPS vendor discovered 3 Microsoft vulnerabilities in the last 6 months. Some haven’t discovered any in 2+ years.