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What is Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering?
The majority of attacks and exposure to malicious content occurs during the normal course of web browsing activities, which requires the ability to allow safe, secure web access for all users. URL Filtering…
Best URL filter in Market
the idea is the same similar to any web filter but …
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Palo URL Filtering - A Must Have Product.
URL Filtering Made Easy
Advanced and Effective URL Filtering Solution
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Delivers granular control with ease!
We currently utilize Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering PAN-DB for controlling access for users and user groups in Active Directory. For …
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What is Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering?
The majority of attacks and exposure to malicious content occurs during the normal course of web browsing activities, which requires the ability to allow safe, secure web access for all users. URL Filtering with PAN-DB automatically prevents attacks that leverage the web as an attack vector, including phishing links in emails, phishing sites, HTTP-based command and control, malicious sites and pages that carry exploit kits. |
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Users have relied on Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering as their primary web filtering solution for managing internet access and safeguarding against malicious sites, VPNs, and various other categories. The product offers a comprehensive range of filtering categories that successfully cater to the diverse needs of users. With regular updates and exceptional reporting capabilities, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering ensures that customers stay ahead of emerging threats and maintain a robust security posture.
Customers have seamlessly integrated Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering into their security protocols, effectively screening inbound and outbound traffic to thwart web-based threats and unauthorized activities. The product's out-of-the-box prevention policies and preconfigured patterns empower customers to proactively prevent unauthorized traffic and malware. By utilizing Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering, users can effectively filter out malicious threats, block access to harmful websites, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Configuring and managing access permissions for users and user groups in Active Directory has been made effortless by Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering. This eliminates the need for frequent firewall change requests while providing granular control over website access. The straightforward and user-friendly nature of the filtering capabilities ensures that users can easily navigate through the configuration process. With its robust protection against malicious attacks and seamless enforcement of internet usage policies, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering proves to be a valuable asset in safeguarding internet traffic and networks.
Custom Categories: Users have found the custom categories feature to be particularly helpful, allowing them to create specific categories for their filtering needs. This has been praised by multiple reviewers for giving them more control over the content that is accessed.
URL Specific Filtering on YouTube: Reviewers appreciate the ability to apply filtering rules specifically to YouTube URLs. This feature ensures that inappropriate content is blocked on this platform, according to some users.
Granular Filtering: The granular filtering feature has been highlighted by users as beneficial. It allows them to apply filtering rules at a detailed level, providing more precise control over the content that is accessed.
Confusing User Interface: Several users have found the user interface of the software to be confusing, particularly in terms of navigation and knowing where to go to perform certain tasks. This has led to a steep learning curve for new users.
Inclusion of Panorama adds to confusion: The inclusion of Panorama, the centralized management tool, has added to the confusion as some tasks need to be done in Panorama while others can only be performed on the active node. This dual-platform approach makes it difficult for users to keep track of where they need to go for different functionalities.
Steep learning curve and filtering knowledge required: Some reviewers have mentioned that understanding the structure of the software requires a certain level of filtering knowledge. As a result, new users may face difficulties in grasping its complexities and require additional time and effort in training and familiarization.
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(1-5 of 5)Best URL filter in Market
the idea is the same similar to any web filter but with more detailed categories and filters.
Ability to block URLs and applications with complete visibility and flexibility.
It is also user-friendly and easy to manage and doesn't require any special expertise to manage.
Since our users majority are Students, We use PA advanced URL filtering to protect our Internet traffic and Network from malicious attacks and bad content and also to force the Internet usage policy.
- Content filter
- White and Block list
- Internet content scanning
- Reporting need some improvment
- real time monitoring for URLs
- Filter by categories
- White and Black lists
- Schedules
- Traffic shaping
- Costs more compared to competitors
- Symantec Secure Gateway (ProxySG & ASG), Fortinet FortiGate and WatchGuard Network Security
Better performance and durability.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
Our former vendor "Broadcom Bluecoat" didn't meet our expectations after the acquisition.
Detect & Prevent Modern Web-Based Attacks with Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering
- URL category
- Dynamic Updates
- URL group
- URL category - provide the ability to include sites in multiples categories
- URL category - sometimes there are categories errors for non English URL pages
- URL category
- Dynamic Updates
- We stopped to looking for external content filtering after acquiring PA URL Filtering
- The dynamic updates help us to mitigate security issues caused by BAD URLs
- Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering is helping us to achieve the high reliability of the Network
Palo URL Filtering - A Must Have Product.
- Custom categories.
- URL Specific filtering on YouTube.
- Easy overrides for SSL inspection.
- The UI is a bit confusing as to where you need to go to do things. It's made more so by the inclusion of Panorama, the centralized management tool, as some things have to be done in Panorama and others on the active node.
- Solid performance and throughput.
- Excellent support.
- Palo has been an excellent investment for us.
- Having robust URL filtering built into the same device as the firewall saves the cost of a separate appliance and improves performance.
URL Filtering Made Easy
- Stops zero-day malware
- stops unknown and evasive threats in real time
- Steep learning curve
- The top-down URL filtering match can sometimes be tricky and requires some expertise in setting up the desired policy
- Real time URL analysis and malware prevention
- Cloud-native service
- Supported regulatory compliance and acceptable use
- Improved the productivity of the workforce
- has improved our security posture and subsequently reduced the potential for productivity losses
Advanced and Effective URL Filtering Solution
- Threat Detection and Prevention (Malwares, Un-Authorized Access)
- Out of the box patterns for threat detection
- Built in and Updated identification patterns
- Unified Dashboard/Alerting on anomaly
- Integration with common known software's such as Service Now, Network Monitoring Solution
- API Operations
- Documentation and Customer Enablement Sessions
- Automatic Policies deployment
- Automatic prevention policies execution
- Dashboards and Reporting/Alerting features
- API based operations
- Real Time Detection
- Out of the Box Policies, Patterns to detect new threats
- Improved Rules/Logics for Threats Detection
- Real Time detection and hence less time for MTTR
- Integrating with other solutions for IT Operations
- Improved security for critical business applications
- Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point Quantum Security Gateway Next Generation Firewall and Symantec Secure Gateway (ProxySG & ASG)
1. Real Time Threat Detection.
2. Out of the box policies/Patterns to identify threats.
3. Automatic Prevention policy prevention.
4. Dashboards, Reports, Alerts availability.
5. API Operations
6. Integration with process related solutions such as Service Now.
However Palo Alto still needs to work out for more cross vendor collaboration to enable easy integrations, More robust API based operations, Pricing etc.