Companies that are still fighting to keep their employees from using Facebook are apparently losing the battle, with games from Zynga scoring some significant victories, according to the latest research from Palo Alto Networks.

After 35 years in finance -- including two stints as Sun Microsystems CFO -- Michael Lehman now finds himself as finance chief at network security company Palo Alto Networks, known for its firewalls.

Citrix and Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday confirmed a strategic alliance through which they will jointly develop products and channel strategies, as well as offer reference architectures for integrating their respective application delivery and network security capabilities as whole solutions.

BKK AS Taps Palo Alto Networks for Increased Application Visibility and Control

Palo Alto Networks, the network security company, today announced that it has reviewed the claims of patent infringement made by Juniper Networks in a lawsuit filed against Palo Alto Networks in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

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School embraces social media and a wide range of web applications thanks to unprecedented visibility and control over applications and content

Palo Alto Networks multiplies their presence by investing in partners.

What’s better than a firewall? If you ask the folks at Palo Alto Networks, they’ll say a next-generation firewall that’s application-aware and able to dynamically block threats.

SonicWall and WatchGuard Technologies are the latest security vendors to enter the Apple security fray, but their approach is a little different: They’re using VPNs to provide security and policy management to iPhones and iPads.

In the security popularity contest of the moment, Cisco and Juniper are down and Palo Alto Networks and Check Point are up when it comes to network firewalls, according to one research firm.

CEO Mark McLaughlin says red-hot network security upstart Palo Alto Networks will double down on R&D and channel resources.

Mark McLaughlin's been in the tech industry long enough to know that when a company has as much momentum as Palo Alto Networks does, priority one is making sure that momentum doesn't slow.

As one the more frequently buzzed-about companies in the network security space, Palo Alto Networks has made quite a splash with its so-called next generation firewalls, which manage applications and content by user instead of IP address or port.

Palo Alto's McLaughlin, who previously served as VeriSign's chief, is poised to take the fast-growing network security upstart to the next level with his penchant for focusing on innovative new products and the value of the channel in getting them to market. Partners say he "gets the channel" and McLaughlin intends to prove it.

If you don't think it's a big challenge to protect sensitive company information and intellectual property, listen to this story.

Is desktop anti-virus dead? Someday I'd love to make that announcement, but it still feels to me that there's a Patron Saint of Voodoo with an affinity for bringing it back to life — like some macabre mirror image of the malicious zombies it's supposed to provide protection against.

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Cybercriminals Continue to Customize Malware and Evolve Strategies to Hide From Security

Palo Alto Networks launched PA-200 firewall for branch offices; GlobalProtect to protect remote Apple iPads, iPhones and Mac OS X devices; and its WildFire anti-malware service.

Palo Alto Networks, the vendor that practically invented next-generation firewall technology and branding, is moving beyond its core products with three new offerings to extend security protection to Apple devices, provide branch offices with security protections and stomp out malware threats.

Company Also Combats Modern Malware with Introduction of WildFire™

Sophisticated enterprise perimeter protection is now available to managed iOS devices through Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect.

Network security company Palo Alto Networks on Monday introduced a new anti-malware product for on-premises firewalls known as WildFire, which vets new and unknown files in a virtual sandbox to see if they're a new piece of malware, and then creates a distributable signature if they're determined to actually be bad files.

The ongoing back-and-forth between whether or not to allow Facebook at work doesn’t have to be black-and-white anymore: Palo Alto Networks is offering a solution with a touch of grey.

For the past 15 years or so, security pros have relied on the trusty firewall and other hardware to keep bad guys from running amok on corporate networks.

In 2009, over 300 sensitive company documents, including financial projections and office security codes, were stolen from a Twitter employee's Google Docs account.

It was one of the most closely watched CEO selections in the security space this year, and several high profile candidates were mentioned as angling for the job.

The PA-5060 next-generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks is designed to protect data centers, large enterprise Internet gateways, and service provider environments where traffic demands dictate predictable firewall and threat prevention throughput.

Less than a month after naming a new CEO, next-gen firewall developer Palo Alto Networks is reconfirming its commitment to channel growth with an announcement this week of partnerships with some of the biggest managed service providers in the security market.