Palo Alto is now one of the hottest security companies. Palo Alto is bankrolled by some of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capitalists and has 65 of the Fortune 100 companies on its list of 16,000 customers. Palo Alto's firewall products are considerably different from the stateful inspection firewalls of the past that basically gave companies a choice of blocking something entirely at the perimeter, or letting it all through.

Security is a top agenda item for CIOs – but the landscape is changing. New trends and technologies are serving as both an enabler and a hindrance to business, and striking the right balance means executive teams must reassess their risk appetite.

The RSA Security Conference in San Francisco brought together top information security experts from around the globe. But the attention at the conference, which ran Feb. 24 to 28, was often on those not in attendance: malicious hackers and cybercriminals, often referred to as "adversaries."

After news broke that Target was hit by a major breach, a number of other retailers began alerting customers about potential data compromises. In late January, upscale retailer Neiman Marcus revealed that malware on its payment systems may have compromised 1.1 million customer card accounts, and that around 2,400 payment cards had already been used fraudulently as a result of the incident. Just days after Neiman Marcus' announcement, Michaels Stores, an arts and crafts store chain, notified customers via a carefully worded letter that it “may have experienced a data security attack” on its systems, as well, impacting payment card data. 

Palo Alto Networks has externalized integration with a number of proof-of-concept projects with VMware NSX for virtual network security in large data centers.  These efforts aren’t simple bundling and marketing spin, there is actual R&D going on to make products work better together.

Kyushu implements Palo Alto Network’s next-generation firewall to support the University’s adoption of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) to a campus of 19, 000. 

Palo Alto Networks launched its next-generation, enterprise firewall, the PA-7050. featuring capabilities such as full application enablement, IPS, AV and WildFire active on all traffic.

IT-kanalen/Sweden talked to Rene Bonvanie, CMO of Palo Alto Networks, Fredrik Hökegård founder of Radpoint, and Kaja Narum, Sales representative Sweden of Palo Alto Networks, about the markets and data center security challenges.  

Kyushu University implements PA-5050 along with the idea of BYOD (bring your own devises). A BYOD environment promotes the idea of self-directed learning from anywhere on campus, implementing Palo Alto Networks improved and consolidated the security at the University. 

In a sign of its increasing maturity, Palo Alto Networks has inked a formal pact with one of – if not the – region's largest specialist security integrators. NTT Com Security, formerly Integralis, has entered into a global Managed security services agreement with the next-generation firewall vendor.The partnership will see the 740-strong behemoth provide implementation, integration and managed security services to Palo Alto's security platform. 

It works by playing a uniquely generated, nearly-silent sound through computer speakers, which is picked up by an app on the user's smartphone.The app analyses the sound and sends a signal back to confirm the identity.The technology can be used either as a replacement for a password or as an additional security layer. SlickLogin confirmed the acquisition on its website but did not provide any financial details of the deal.

SINGAPORE has been at the forefront in encouraging businesses here to leverage the pervasive Internet connectivity to increase productivity and innovate new ways of working. But the increased reliance on Internet Protocol-based applications and processes means widening corporations' threat surface, and Palo Alto Networks believes this migration emphasises the need for more intelligent, proactive network security software.

Danelle Au during a press conference in Tokyo: "The fastest Next Generation Firewall ever in the industry”- "Network segmentations can prevent attacks like what TARGET experienced"

Danelle Au during a press conference in Tokyo, introducing the new Palo Alto Networks PA-7050  - “Comapred to other solutions on the market, our next-generation firewalls is not just a patchery of functions which ends up with overheads when scale up is necessary.”

Palo Alto Networks presents the new PA-7050 its most powerful next-generation firewall. This has according to the manufacturer extensive features such as full application management, IPS, anti-virus, URL filtering, SSL decryption, as well as the recognition and defense of sophisticated cyber attacks (APT - Advanced Threat Prevention) over the complete data traffic away.