Your network is the central nervous system of your entire business. It carries thousands of vital interactions every second— like your Salesforce data, cloud communications and remote security feeds. With the average enterprise running over 1,000 distinct applications, this system is more complex and critical than ever. When it experiences even minor interference, the business feels it immediately. Some of the most complex issues happen when the network path is only partially impaired. The cost of a system failure is staggering, with 90% of organizations losing over $300,000 for every hour of downtime in a 2024 report. In this environment, basic connectivity isn't enough. You need operational assurance. Enter Prisma SD-WAN.

Actionable Insights for Unstoppable Applications

Imagine trying to direct traffic in a major city while wearing a blindfold. That's what managing a modern network can feel like without deep visibility. Prisma SD-WAN removes the blindfold. It’s built on a sophisticated monitoring architecture giving you a precise, end-to-end view of what’s happening. It’s not just about seeing that traffic is moving; it’s about understanding the quality of its journey.

This is achieved through a powerful combination of techniques:

• Synthetic probes proactively test application reachability and performance using DNS, HTTP/S and ICMP tests, like sending out scout cars to check road conditions ahead.
• Link quality monitoring (LQM) continuously measures the vital signs of your network paths to identify issues before they impact users.
• Real user traffic analytics provide insight into the actual experience of your users when they access applications.

Networks That Don’t Just Alert—They Take Action

Detecting a problem is one thing. Automatically fixing it is another. This is where Prisma SD-WAN shifts from a monitoring tool to a self-healing network that automatically remediates.

Using a performance-based policy system, the network intelligently and autonomously enforces your Service Level Agreements (SLAs). When it senses that a path is degrading, it doesn't just send an alert; it can take configured actions, through:

• Dynamic Path Steering: Traffic is automatically moved to the best-performing path without any manual intervention.
• Intelligent Remediation: For unavoidable link issues, techniques like forward error correction (FEC) and packet duplication kick in to rebuild lost data and help ensure the application experience remains seamless.
• Built-in App Acceleration: With absolutely no hardware or additional inline resources required, performance is further enhanced 5x with Layer 7 acceleration, making sluggish SaaS applications feel fast and responsive.

Figure 1 : Enhance user experience 5X using App Acceleration with Prisma SD-WAN.

From Blind Spots to Deep Network and Security Insights

When an SLA violation does occur, the system can not only fix it but also provide the full context, showing you exactly what happened and why. Resolving issues is no longer a complex investigation, but a simple, data-backed review of what happened and how it was fixed.

As shown in the screenshot below, Prisma SASE helps network administrators to identify the root cause of application experience issues faster. It uses rich telemetry to provide deep visualizations and seamlessly correlates insights across all network domains to accelerate troubleshooting.

Figure 2: Reduce MTTR with deep network and security insights and built-in troubleshooting workflows with Prisma SASE Flow Browser.

Beyond Connectivity: Delivering Confidence

In a business environment where user expectations are constantly rising but network conditions are unpredictable, hoping for the best is not a strategy. Prisma SD-WAN provides the automation, intelligence, and deep insight needed to move from a reactive to a proactive stance—delivering secure, reliable and assured application experiences, anytime and anywhere. With Prisma SD-WAN's native integrations into tools like ServiceNow and instant email alerts, IT teams are always in the loop.

The time for reactive network and security is over. In a world where every application is critical and every branch is a complex ecosystem of users and IoT devices, you can't fight complexity with more complexity. It’s time to embrace a fully unified platform.

Prisma SASE combines the intelligent, self-healing capabilities of Prisma SD-WAN with world-class, cloud-delivered security to deliver true application assurance, simplify your branch architecture and secure every connection, all through a single cloud-delivered solution.

What could your team achieve if they weren't constantly battling the complexity of separate network and security tools? See the difference for yourself by scheduling a personalized demo of Prisma SASE today. Join our Prisma SD-WAN webinar on Sep 18th to learn how Prisma SD-WAN secures the modern branch.