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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 4: The Next Generation

Firemon

The Next-Generation Firewall Market Penetration of the Next-Gen Firewall The Platform The Future of the Firewall Book a Demo Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon As hardware and software performance improved, the difference in firewall performance between the different vendors became much smaller. A very impressive track record.

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.” Cisco was selling the PIX in the 90s.

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We Are a Ten-Time Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks

1, 2021, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the tenth consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for 2021. We feel that our tenth recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls gives us an opportunity to celebrate the transformative innovations of the last ten years.

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Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks Deliver Cloud-Native NGFW Service

Palo Alto Networks

Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks are excited to announce the general availability of Google Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Enterprise. Powered by our Palo Alto Networks best-in-class security technology, the managed firewall service has extensive threat prevention capabilities essential for securely doing business in the cloud.

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO

Social engineering – with social engineering, the cyber criminal will “trick” a victim into releasing confidential information, such as passwords and other logins. This delivers superior protection against kernel-level malware through to browser-based attacks.

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Implementing a Secure Transit DMZ Architecture with Next-Gen Firewalls

Aviatrix

Co-Author: Karthik Balachandran, Cloud System Engineer, Aviatrix. In a VPC there are also security groups that act as a virtual firewall for your instance to control inbound and outbound traffic to the instances within a VPC. One common component of that architecture is the use of a firewall. Transit DMZ Architecture Diagram.

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Palo Alto Networks Secures Nutanix Cloud Clusters for Microsoft Azure

Palo Alto Networks

With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series virtual firewall insertion, you can secure your Nutanix AHV workloads on overlay networks deployed using VPCs (virtual private clouds) within Flow Virtual Networking. In this use case, all external traffic for subnets and VMs of the VPC traverse through the VM-Series Virtual Firewall.

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