Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Hits The Magic Quadrant For Firewalls
Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2011

Just four years after hitting the market with its products, Palo Alto Networks has reset the standard in firewall technology.

Palo Alto Ups Partner Investments
CRN, December 12, 2011

Palo Alto's Rene Bonvanie on increasing marketing support.

Customers Question Delay in Reporting Supermarket Credit-Card Scam
KTVU.com, December 7, 2011

"A sniffer is fundamentally concerned with pulling information off a network or a wire in some form as opposed to just the skimmer, which just bolts on the front and you're trying to get that magnetic stripe," explained Wade Williamson of Palo Alto Networks.

Palo Alto Networks: Protecting Companies from...Facebook
Forbes, November 15, 2011

Since launching 4 years ago, Palo Alto Networks has grown its customer base to over 4,500 (40 have sales in excess of $1 million). For the current year, the company is on a run-rate of $200 million in sales and it is on its way to posting its 6th consecutive quarter of positive cash flows.

Facebook Tracking Is Under Scrutiny
USA Today, November 15, 2011

Some corporate security executives have become concerned about cybercriminals getting hold of tracking data relayed by Like buttons, then using that intelligence to steal intellectual property. They've asked firewall supplier Palo Alto Networks to identify and block traffic from Facebook tracking cookies, while enabling their employees to continue using other Facebook services.

Building a Firewall for the Facebook Generation
Businessweek, October 20, 2011

Palo Alto Networks, sells a next-generation firewall that makes modern Web services safe for the workplace and gives companies precise control over how their employees can use them. Instead of the all-or-nothing approach, a company with a Palo Alto Networks box can let workers access, say, the updates on a social network, but not click on links or share sensitive information.

Next-Generation Firewalls: In Depth
CSO, October 17, 2011

Traditional stateful inspection firewalls, with their port- and protocol-based controls, have limited visibility into the contemporary Web-based network landscape. Thanks to the explosive popularity of Web 2.0, thousands of Web-based business and consumer apps and attacks are launched primarily through the application layer. Stateful inspection firewalls cannot distinguish what applications are passing via http and https over ports 80 and 443. Attackers have become adept at using low-and-slow techniques in targeted attacks that evade intrusion-prevention systems (IPS).

Stopping the Hackers: A Burgeoning Market
Market Watch, September 14, 2011

Hack attacks on the upsurge represent big business these days for network-security technology specialists. MarketWatch's Rex Crum reports on the ways security firms are responding and the market opportunity they face, in an interview with Mark McLaughlin, chief executive of Palo Alto Networks.

Palo Alto Networks CEO on Hack Attacks
Bloomberg, August 30, 2011

Mark McLaughlin, chief executive officer of Palo Alto Networks Inc., talks about the company's growth and the rise in hacker attacks. McLaughlin also discusses Palo Alto's firewall software and the outlook for corporate spending on cybersecurity. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West."

Small Firms, Big Options
Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2011

A chief executive who boosted his company's stock price more than 50% in two years might be expected to trade up to a larger company as his next career move. Instead, Mark McLaughlin resigned last week from the top job at publicly traded Internet-infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. to join a Silicon Valley start-up.

Q&A With Palo Alto Networks Founder Nir Zuk
Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2011

After a nine-month search for a new chief executive, Palo Alto Networks Inc. has hired Mark McLaughlin, who was CEO at VeriSign Inc. until he resigned last week. Palo Alto Networks builds firewall appliances that can peer into network traffic, enabling companies to place limits on how their networks connect to the Internet, and personalize how specific employees use certain applications.

Deploying New Tools to Stop the Hackers
New York Times, June 17, 2011

“We’re seeing an inflection point where the attackers are extremely smart, and they are using completely new techniques,” said Nir Zuk, the chief technology officer at Palo Alto Networks, a firewall company based in Santa Clara, Calif. “Every piece of content that you receive can attack you.”

The Entrepreneur Questionnaire: Nir Zuk, Founder
of Palo Alto Networks
Forbes.com, May 20, 2011

Nir Zuk is the Founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks. The company's next-generation firewalls provide unprecedented visibility and control over applications, users and threats. Palo Alto Networks began shipping its product line less than four years ago and today is one of the fastest growing companies in enterprise IT.