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URL Filtering

Enable safe access to the internet for users in any location by preventing known and new malicious websites

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156M

Phishing emails are being sent every day

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4%

Of the targets of any given phishing campaign will click it.

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29%

Of breaches involved the use of stolen credentials

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Prevent Attacks Without Slowing Down
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For businesses, the web is the most common source of user productivity. But it’s also incredibly exposed to threats like phishing, malware infection, and credential theft. Stand-alone proxies or web filtering tools can combat these threats, but they leave you with critical security gaps putting you at risk, and requiring complex policies that slow down adoption of new business applications.

The cloud-delivered Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering subscription is a native component of our next-generation firewalls. It’s the best way to control not only web access, but how users interact with online content without increasing complexity for security teams. Sites are classified based on content, features, and risk, so you can enforce your security policy based on URL categories whether your users are mobile, on your campus or at branch locations.
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Maximize Your Web Security
URL Filtering goes beyond the basics of web security to provide:
Threat Prevention Use inline machine learning to prevent new and unknown attacks instantly.
Minimize Risk Easily adopt security best practices including selective SSL decryption and credential theft protection to minimize opportunities for attack.
Efficiency Use URL classification within your NGFW policy to take total control of all web traffic.
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Consistent protection regardless of location
Across hardware, software and NGFW form factors
Network Perimeter
Branch
Mobile/Remote
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What it Means For You.
URL Filtering allows you to create precise, granular policies for
Enforcing consistent web policy on your next generation firewall
Selective SSL based on URL categories to detect threats hiding in encrypted traffic
Dictating which sites receive corporate credentials and blocking unauthorized access
Preventing the upload/download of executable files or potentially dangerous file types
Automatically applying strict vulnerability and anti-spyware profiles
Allowing specific groups in your organization to access certain URL Categories
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Web Security Best Practices Webinar
Join our experts as they provide best practice recommendations pertaining to risk, multi-category, and policy actions.
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10 Best Practices for SSL Decryption
This guide provides 10 best practices for enabling your organization to effectively adopt SSL decryption, an important feature of our URL Filtering subscription.
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5 Malicious File Types: The Risks and How to Mitigate Them
This white paper covers 5 potentially malicious file types and the steps you can take to protect yourself and your organization.
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Supercharge Your Web Security With URL Filtering
Read this infographic to discover four advanced URL Filtering capabilities you can use to enable safe web access and why they matter.
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5 Latest Security Threats and How to Stop Them
This white paper covers the latest security threats and how to stop them using our Next-Generation Firewalls, WildFire® malware analysis, URL Filtering, DNS Security, and Threat Prevention.
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What is URL Filtering?
URL filtering limits access by comparing web traffic against a database to prevent employees from accessing unproductive, harmful sites such as phishing pages.
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URL Filtering Tech Docs
Leverage our URL Filtering Tech Documentation site to find most up-to-date features and release notes.
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Leverage our Wildfire Tech Documentation site to find most up-to-date features and release notes.
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