One Platform, Every Environment: Trusted Partner for the Hybrid Network Security Future
We are proud to share that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader in the inaugural 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) – placing furthest for Completeness of Vision and recognized for our Ability to Execute.
We believe that this recognition validates our vision for the future of network security: unified, AI-powered protection across every environment, delivered through one cloud-based management console.
Why This Matters to Us
Gartner's definition of the hybrid mesh firewall:
A hybrid mesh firewall (HMF) is a multideployment firewall model that spans hardware, virtual appliances and cloud-based options, all managed through a unified, cloud-based management plane. HMFs are designed to support hybrid environments and evolving use cases by integrating seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines, enabling native cloud controls and providing advanced threat prevention against challenges, such as IoT risks and DNS-based attacks.
This industry model represents a new imperative for securing today’s complex, distributed networks. Hybrid workforces, multicloud adoption, AI-driven applications and the explosion of IoT/OT devices have made patchwork firewall approaches unsustainable.
The HMF model brings hardware, virtual, cloud-native and firewall as a service (FWaaS) deployments together under a unified platform, offering shared policy, automation and threat prevention across diverse environments. This approach reduces operational complexity, ensures consistent policy enforcement everywhere, and empowers security teams with cohesive visibility to stop advanced threats at scale.
That’s exactly what the Strata Network Security Platform delivers. It integrates hardware (PA-Series), virtual (VM-Series and Prisma AIRS®), container (CN-Series), cloud-native (Cloud NGFW), as well as firewall as a service (SASE) firewalls under a single management solution – Strata Cloud Manager. Our platform is powered by Precision AI® to stop zero-day exploits and advanced malware in real time with our cloud-delivered security services.
If you’re new to the concept of HMF, explore our primer on What Is a Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Why It Matters.
Trusted by the World’s Leading Organizations
More than 70,000 organizations worldwide, across every industry, size and geography, rely on Palo Alto Networks to secure their hybrid networks. This includes 9 of the Fortune 10 companies, 10 of the world’s largest utilities, and 8 of the top 10 global manufacturers. For 5G, we secure 17 of the world’s largest telcos, backed by over 100 patents in mobile and 5G security.
From manufacturing and utilities to government and defense, our platform protects hybrid networks at a global scale.
The Future of Network Security Is Here
We believe our recognition as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall affirms what we’ve long championed: One platform that protects every environment and gives customers the visibility and control they need to stay secure.
Download the full Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewall report to see why Palo Alto Networks was named a Leader.
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