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What is Palo Alto Networks WildFire?

Palo Alto Network’s WildFire is a malware prevention service. It specializes in addressing zero-day threats through dynamic and static analysis, machine learning, and advanced sandbox testing environments.

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A short note about WildFire

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 19, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
So when we are talking about WildFire, first thing which comes in our mind is Zero Day Attack. Zero Day Attack means when a new type of attack happen and firewall don't have a...
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VISHAL VISHWAKARMA
Engineer - Information Technology
Network Security Engineer
Starlight Data Solutions Pvt Ltd
Palo Alto Networks WildFire3 years of experience

"An Intuitive, Simple-To-Implement, And The Best Sandboxing Solution"

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 20, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
WildFire, from Palo Alto Networks, is a cloud-based threat intelligence and sandboxing solution. We use it on our edge networks to protect against internet threats and dangers...
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Mst Rahima Khatun
Project Manager - Information Technology
Marketing Product Management
Clopsmith
Palo Alto Networks WildFire1 year of experience

Catch a good value for low cost with exceptional features

Rating: 7 out of 10
May 11, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It's been used as an APT and zero day. It's leveraging the current Palo Alto deployment where they're located at perimeter, data center and cloud.Main usage is for the perimet...
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Verified user
Supervisor
Palo Alto Networks WildFire5 years of experience

Palo Alto Networks WildFire is a nice extra layer of protection

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 28, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We currently have a Palo Alto Networks WildFire subscription across all our Palo Alto Firewalls. It adds an extra layer of protection from addressing zero-day exploits and mal...
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Verified user
Analyst
Palo Alto Networks WildFire7 years of experience

Working in Healthcare this has been a literal lifesaver.

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 12, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Wildfire to protect our network at several layers, we're using it on our edge networks to protect from threats on the internet as well as protecting our internal ...
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Verified user
Professional
Palo Alto Networks WildFire5 years of experience

WildFire burning through the wire

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 14, 2017
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
WildFire is a good product for sandboxing unknown files. Any exe, pdf, doc, etc file that originates from the interwebs is sent to the WF cloud. Internal info is sent to a WF ...
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Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP
Engineer - Information Technology
Security Architect
Securicon, LLC
Palo Alto Networks WildFire4 years of experience

Controlled Chaos = WildFire

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 30, 2017
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Currently it is being used at our collocation. It helps identify and more importantly prevents malware and evasive attacks to high confidential and production data. It takes o...
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Daniel J. Lewis
Consultant - Information Technology
System Administrator
vdiscovery
Palo Alto Networks WildFire1 year of experience

Palo Alto Wildfire - premium product but at a premium price

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 28, 2016
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using the WildFire cloud services across the organization to detect and block malware discovered by others for near-zero-day protection, as well as to upload files that...
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Verified user
Engineer
Palo Alto Networks WildFire2 years of experience
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Palo Alto Network’s WildFire is a malware prevention service. It specializes in addressing zero-day threats through dynamic and static analysis, machine learning, and advanced sandbox testing environments.

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What is Palo Alto Networks WildFire?

Palo Alto Network’s WildFire is a malware prevention service. It specializes in addressing zero-day exploits and malware. WildFire utilizes a combination of dynamic and static analysis, as well as machine learning, to automate threat prevention. It shares real-time threat intelligence across the user base, and provides advanced sandbox testing environments to reveal zero-day threats before they get to users’ systems.

WildFire can be deployed on-premises, via the cloud, or as a hybrid system. It can integrate with third-party security tools. It is a cloud-based system to enable efficient scaling and optimizes with other Palo Alto product offerings.

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A short note about WildFire

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 19, 2022
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VISHAL VISHWAKARMA
Network Security Engineer
Starlight Data Solutions Pvt Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
So when we are talking about WildFire, first thing which comes in our mind is Zero Day Attack. Zero Day Attack means when a new type of attack happen and firewall don't have any signature of this. So in this case WildFire comes into picture. Basically firewall sends a copy of file to WildFire where it WildFire runs the file in various environment and analysis the file. If the file is harmful and malicious WildFire update the signature in all the firewall. So in this way it prevents future attack .
Pros and Cons
  • It prevents Zero Day Attack
  • It updates the signature base of all firewall when new attack is found.
  • It run the file in virtual environment so that local pc isn't affect .
  • It is use to analyse the file before any false decision.
Likelihood to Recommend
WildFire is well suited in big Data centre where a lot of traffic hits daily. WildFire is suited where firewall is internet facing. WildFire is not suitable where lower number of traffic is there. Where user usually don't communicate towards internet because the cost of WildFire is little high so we should use only for internet facing.

"An Intuitive, Simple-To-Implement, And The Best Sandboxing Solution"

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 20, 2021
MR
Mst Rahima Khatun
Marketing Product Management
Clopsmith (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
WildFire, from Palo Alto Networks, is a cloud-based threat intelligence and sandboxing solution. We use it on our edge networks to protect against internet threats and dangers from our shared services environment or other customers who have been allowed to communicate. We protected our network in many layers, and we use wildfire to keep our cloud services secure across the company. Malware and evasive attacks on sensitive data were detected and prevented. To protect against malicious attacks, it employs an endpoint scanner that works in tandem with WildFire.
Pros and Cons
  • It can detect potentially dangerous files of various kinds and operating system executable files as well. Integration of AutoFocus with Palo Alto solutions is one click.
  • Ensuring that you're protected against the newest dangers, including zero-day attacks. This is called zero-day monitoring.
  • By using Palo Alto's threat protection capabilities, the tool helps to alleviate compliance issues by enabling on-site sandboxing of files.
  • Cost-wise, it's competitive with other comparable solutions on the market, and it integrated well with current Palo Alto systems. Scalability and management simplicity are also significant advantages.
Likelihood to Recommend
Palo Alto Networks Wildfire is safe that is capable of safeguarding our network from any harm. Using it, we'll be safe from the most recent types of malware. Cloud-based firewalls like WildFire are becoming more popular and for good reason. I'd suggest it as a Network Engineer for both compliance and management, depending on the situation. A disadvantage of this approach is that it is too costly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In most cases, they are quick to respond and get the issue resolved within a few hours.

Catch a good value for low cost with exceptional features

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
May 11, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's been used as an APT and zero day. It's leveraging the current Palo Alto deployment where they're located at perimeter, data center and cloud.

Main usage is for the perimeter defense for the whole organization.

Without WildFire, static analysis and file checks do not give the up-to-date protection level for current infrastructure. That's also assisting the SOC for threat detection and hunting. Autofocus integration is a plus for file trajectory. API integrations with different solutions enrich the product usability.

Pros and Cons
  • Integration with Palo Alto solutions (very easy and one-click).
  • Zero day detection.
  • AutoFocus integration.
  • Leveraging the Palo Alto threat prevention features.
  • API integration with different solutions (many of them already built-in configurations).
  • Unit 42 threat research team behind the WildFire.
  • Integration with 3rd-party feeds.
  • Upcoming solutions and acquisitions of Palo Alto are integrated and built-in capability of WF usage.
Likelihood to Recommend

If an already implied Palo Alto Networks solutions, I'll definitely recommend.

From the cost perspective it's very competitive even from the scratch to get a Palo Alto Network firewall and open TP + WF. It'll surely cover your ATP needs.

Virtualwire integration with PAN firewall and WF works well and very easy to setup. Even it can be used additional 2nd layer of defense for enhancing current solutions.

Reports are magnificent.

Performance is great.

However for heterogeneous environments there are other solutions to take a look at.

For local-only solutions: Wildfire is not very suitable as it's lacking in terms of functionality.

Palo Alto Networks WildFire is a nice extra layer of protection

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
April 28, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently have a Palo Alto Networks WildFire subscription across all our Palo Alto Firewalls. It adds an extra layer of protection from addressing zero-day exploits and malware. It can be deployed on-prem or in the cloud. It is a relatively expensive license considering all Palo Alto customers get WildFire, but only the paid version get updates within one hour vs 24 hours. Overall it seems worth it.
Pros and Cons
  • Helps block zero-day exploits
  • You get the combined power of other users' Palo Alto Networks WildFire file scanning signatures as well
  • Seamless install and very little to manage
Likelihood to Recommend
It is definitely worth the extra protection on perimeter firewalls or datacenter type architectures. Very little to manage with regard to patches, updates, etc. Good integration with Traps Endpoint Security as well.

Working in Healthcare this has been a literal lifesaver.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 12, 2018
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Wildfire to protect our network at several layers, we're using it on our edge networks to protect from threats on the internet as well as protecting our internal client networks from threats that may exist in our shared services environment or each other in the case of a few specific clients who are allowed to talk to each other. Additionally we use it to protect our corporate presence from the internet as well as our remote hosting environment. Wildfire has proven to be a lifesaver through several zero-day events including wanna-cry.
Pros and Cons
  • Detecting malware
  • Zero-day threat prevention
  • Keeping you up to date with the latest threats
Likelihood to Recommend
Palo Alto Networks Wildfire is well suited for pretty much anywhere that you need the latest and greatest network security. It is extremely good at protecting you from the latest malware threats that might pose a potential problem for your network/endpoints. We've been very please since we installed it and I would say cost of the Palo Altos is the only drawback. If money were no object I'd go with a Palo Alto with Wildfire every time. But unfortunately in some smaller branches it just doesn't make financial sense.

WildFire burning through the wire

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 14, 2017
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
WildFire is a good product for sandboxing unknown files. Any exe, pdf, doc, etc file that originates from the interwebs is sent to the WF cloud. Internal info is sent to a WF appliance for internal assessment. Hashes from internal analysis is shared with the cloud but not the file.
Pros and Cons
  • WF helps identify potentially malicious files across a large range of types and operating system executable files.
  • WF + Traps helps catch things from a client that may traverse encrypted channels or that don't pass through a firewall.
  • WF Appliance helps address compliance concerns allowing sandboxing of files on site.
Likelihood to Recommend
With the new integration to Traps and Virtual firewalls, the only place WF does not work is trying to analyze files that don't cross a firewall (1) and where Traps can't be installed (2). Other than that, there is no issue sandboxing everything that has an unknown hash.

Controlled Chaos = WildFire

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 30, 2017
DJ
Daniel J. Lewis
System Administrator
vdiscovery (Legal Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Currently it is being used at our collocation. It helps identify and more importantly prevents malware and evasive attacks to high confidential and production data. It takes our existing Palo Alto devices and works with WildFire becoming end point sensor to help prevent malicious attacks. This helps resolve any foreseeable threat as well as provides potential clients with reports showing the security procedures taken by our company. This helps project our confidence that data stored is protected and secure.
Pros and Cons
  • This is could base and easily manageable for our collocation. While working within the could can review in live time potential treats that it has reported from other devices.
  • Worked very well with existing Palo Alto devices.
  • Another huge plus is the simplicity of managing and ease of scalability.
  • Its cost is competitive with similar/like products available.
Likelihood to Recommend
Depending on the environment being implemented in I'd recommend it for compliance purposes as well as managing it from a Network Engineer perspective. From my experience, firmware updates, patching and hardware integration have generally been smooth. Truth be told, cloud based firewall and networking compliance are becoming more and more mainstream and WildFire has a solid foundation.

Palo Alto Wildfire - premium product but at a premium price

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 28, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Palo Alto Networks WildFire
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using the WildFire cloud services across the organization to detect and block malware discovered by others for near-zero-day protection, as well as to upload files that haven't been seen in the wild for examination in case a new or unique threat enters our organization.
Pros and Cons
  • Quick definition downloads and updates. Version 7.1 can do one every 5 minutes. Zero day protection within 5 minutes is a huge plus.
  • Quick manual or automatic examination of files. Palo Alto's wildfire site supports API uploads or manual uploads that provide more detailed information than a Virustotal, for example.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for organizations where zero-day exploits are likely or the impact will be large. Palo Alto Networks Wildfire can be relatively expensive, so smaller or extremely cost-sensitive organizations might not be able to justify the cost vs. waiting for daily antivirus updates that contain the intraday wildfire rollups.
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