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Consolidate firewall and proxy into a single platform while managing capabilities through a centralized management platform to build policies. Support explicit proxy through PAC files and also transparent proxy.  
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Defense Against Tomorrow's Threats, Today  
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Cloud Identity Engine

The industry's most comprehensive user identity solution for network security, enabling you to deliver Zero Trust in a cloud-first world.  
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## Enable identity-based controls in a cloud-first world

Managing identities has become challenging. See our approach.

### Intelligent security, proven ROI

Benefit from efficiency gains, reduced likelihood of data breaches, lower licensing costs and enhanced security.

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### Streamline Data Collection and Analysis

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Download a complete forensics snapshot of an air-gapped endpoint, upload it to Cortex XDR, and analyze it together with other forensics data.  
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## Previous Innovations

In addition to the latest features in PAN-OS 12.1, you can also leverage innovations introduced in previous releases.  
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### Inline AI-powered Security Services, Strata™ Cloud Manager and more

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### Integrated SD-WAN, dynamic user policy enforcement, enhanced visibility into mobile user activity

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