Palo Alto Networks Introduces Complete Zero Trust Network Security

Taylor Graham — Wed, 26 May 2021 08:27:23 +0000

Palo Alto Networks, a leader in The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020, introduced five key innovations that make it easier for customers to adopt Zero Trust across their network security stack.

The introductions of SaaS Security, Advanced URL Filtering, DNS Security, Cloud Identity Engine, and new ML-Powered Firewalls allow organizations to easily and effectively implement Zero Trust Network Security with four key benefits:

Secure access to the right applications: The first integrated Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that allows customers to proactively extend secure access to all SaaS applications, including those never seen before.
Secure access for the right users: The industry’s first Cloud Identity Engine allows customers to easily authenticate and authorize their users across enterprise networks, clouds and applications, irrespective of where their identity stores live.
Enhanced security: The Advanced URL Filtering service offers industry-first prevention of zero-day web attacks with inline machine learning capabilities. The expanded DNS Security capabilities prevent emerging DNS attacks that no other solution protects against.
Making secure access universally available: These new capabilities are designed to be available on all firewall form factors: hardware, software and cloud-delivered, making safe access universally available, regardless of where users are located. In addition to the existing firewalls, these innovations will run on new ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall models to enable Zero Trust Network Security across your enterprise — from the smallest branch offices (with the PA-400 Series) to the largest campuses and hyperscale data centers (with the PA-5450 platform).

“The Palo Alto Networks SaaS Security solution is straightforward to deploy. We are leveraging the solution’s enterprise-class capabilities to protect data across all of our corporate SaaS applications,” said Bobby Wilkins, vice president of cybersecurity, Caesars Entertainment Corporation.

“At Takeda, we believe in better health for people and a brighter future for the world, and having the right cybersecurity partner is critical for achieving that vision. The breadth of innovation in this release has convinced me Palo Alto Networks will continue to play a vital role in how we securely enable the translation of science into life-changing medicines,” said Michael Towers, CISO, Takeda Pharmaceutical North America.

“Our customers across the spectrum want the same visibility into unknown threats and context-based policies that are the mark of advanced security postures. The latest release of Palo Alto Networks ML-driven Next-Generation Firewalls brings the performance and modern capabilities that will help us to bring innovative cybersecurity solutions to any business, large or small,” said Tom Cahill, vice-president, Product and Partner Management, CDW.

“With the same ML-driven capabilities WWT and Palo Alto Networks deliver to large enterprises and service providers, the new Next-Generation Firewall form factors, out-of-the-box readiness, and security innovations will now enable us to deliver best-in-class cybersecurity solutions to a broad segment of mid-size enterprises and smaller businesses,” said Greg Schoeny, vice president, Services and Strategic Solutions at World Wide Technology.

Availability
Most of the hardware and all of the new features will be available in June. The smallest desktop firewall, the PA-410, will be available in late summer.

More Information
An overview of the ML-Powered NGFW platform and its new capabilities is available here. Join the virtual launch event series starting on June 9, 2021, to learn more.

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Palo Alto Networks Achieves New FedRAMP Authorization including Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR and Cortex Data Lake

Leigh Porter — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:34:57 +0000

Palo Alto Networks announced that Prisma^® Cloud, Cortex^® XDR and Cortex^® Data Lake have been added to Palo Alto Networks Government Cloud Services, which has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization. Its sponsoring agency is the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

With the latest FedRAMP authorization, Palo Alto Networks is helping agencies secure their networks, clouds and endpoints with:

Prisma Cloud: Delivers cloud native security and compliance coverage for users, applications and data across multi-cloud deployments.
Cortex XDR: Extended detection and response platform that integrates network, endpoint and cloud data sources to stop the most sophisticated attacks.
Cortex Data Lake: Enables cybersecurity innovations by centralizing security data across hardware firewalls, virtual firewalls and cloud services.

“As the SolarStorm attack reminds us yet again of the importance of modernizing cybersecurity, we’re thrilled to add three innovative security products to the FedRAMP Authorized Palo Alto Networks Government Cloud Services to help customers remain protected against evolving threats,” said Dana Barnes, senior vice president of Public Sector, Palo Alto Networks. “One of the newly added products is Cortex XDR, the very solution that protected us from an attempted SolarStorm attack. As hundreds of U.S. government and defense agencies trust Palo Alto Networks to safeguard their operations, data and missions, we’re dedicated to delivering the solutions to meet their needs.”

FedRAMP provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for U.S. government agencies as they increasingly embrace the cloud and use cloud-based products and services. This program increases federal agencies’ confidence in the security of cloud technology and helps protect the confidentiality and integrity of data.

“As FHFA continues to modernize our IT infrastructure to better serve its mission, cybersecurity is a key focus,” said Ralph Mosios, chief information security officer, FHFA. “Utilizing FedRAMP authorized security services delivered from the cloud simplifies compliance, speeds up time to implementation, and provides confidence that data is secure.”

Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered services work together to consistently protect users and applications wherever they reside. Thanks to these services, U.S. agencies can safely leverage automation and elastic scale to swiftly detect, respond to and stop sophisticated cyberattacks as well as protect data across endpoints, networks, or hybrid and multi-cloud environments. As a result, agencies can improve their cyber resilience by accelerating incident response and making the most of scarce cybersecurity resources. With this approach, they can better manage the increasing volume, variety and velocity of cyberattacks.

The FedRAMP milestones that Palo Alto Networks has achieved complement products that are currently deployed in federal public cloud environments without the need for FedRAMP authorization. Government organizations today are implementing Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewalls and Prisma Cloud Compute Edition (formerly Twistlock and PureSec), to secure network traffic and protect hosts, containers and functions across the application development lifecycle.

Organizations interested in learning more about how Palo Alto Networks and its cloud products, including Prisma Cloud, can help secure federal networks, please visit: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/us-federal.

For more information on how the Cortex XDR service can rapidly pinpoint and resolve threats, please visit: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/detection-response/xdr.

For more information on how the Cortex Data Lake service helps deliver unprecedented accuracy and scale for cloud security operations, please visit: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/detection-response/data-lake.

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Palo Alto Networks Introduces Complete Zero Trust Network Security

Palo Alto Networks, a leader in The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020, introduced five key innovations that make it easier for customers to adopt Zero Trust across their network security stack.

Palo Alto Networks Achieves New FedRAMP Authorization including Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR and Cortex Data Lake