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. |
