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Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

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What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?

The VM-Series is a virtualized form of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of cloud environments. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and…

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The Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall has found a wide range of use cases based on user experiences. Customers have …
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Very strong product

9 out of 10
June 03, 2022
Incentivized
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls VM series are next generation firewalls that could be deployed on-premises or in …
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Secure Public Cloud

10 out of 10
January 11, 2020
Incentivized
Palo Alto VM series firewalls are used across the organization in protecting our public cloud environment.
Demand in the public cloud is …
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PAN - Solid Choice!

9 out of 10
December 06, 2018
Incentivized
PAN has been a fantastic boon to our users by doing full inline threat protection, Easy VPN configuration, including a uniform interface …
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Popular Features

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  • Content Inspection (6)
    10.0
    100%
  • Identification Technologies (6)
    9.7
    97%
  • Visualization Tools (6)
    9.5
    95%
  • Policy-based Controls (6)
    9.5
    95%
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What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?

The VM-Series is a virtualized form of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of cloud environments. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity.

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Features

Firewall

A firewall is a filter that stands between a computer or computer network and the Internet. Each firewall can be programmed to keep specific traffic in or out

9.5
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series?

The VM-Series is a virtualized form factor of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of private and public cloud computing environments based on technologies from VMware®, Amazon® Web Services, Microsoft®, Citrix®, and KVM. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity. These core elements can then be used as integral components of your security policy, improving security efficacy through a positive control model and reducing incident response time through visibility into applications across all ports.

Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

The VM-Series is a virtualized form of Palo Alto next-generation firewall that can be deployed in a range of cloud environments. The VM-Series natively analyzes all traffic in a single pass to determine the application identity, the content within, and the user identity.

Reviewers rate Content Inspection and Stateful Inspection highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

The Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall has found a wide range of use cases based on user experiences. Customers have deployed this firewall as a parameter firewall and site-to-site VPN gateway in their datacenters, providing robust security and protection against threats from websites and emails. The firewall logs all attempts to breach the system, sending notifications to administrators for proactive measures.

One key use case for the VM Series is its application in micro-segmentation implementation in the Datacenter. With its performance, scalability, and advanced layer 7 features, the VM Series firewall is well-suited for creating secure network segments within the datacenter environment. Additionally, organizations have chosen the VM-series Palo Alto solution as a cost-effective alternative to physical appliances, leveraging its speed and features for outbound browsing and inbound firewall needs.

Customers have also utilized the AD/Exchange agents provided by the Palo Alto VM series firewalls to simplify management by user. These agents enable monitoring of web traffic and SSL traffic decryption, adding an extra layer of control and visibility over user activities. Particularly during the pandemic, the VM-200 firewall has been implemented in branches to protect internal networks, establish site-to-site VPNs, and enable remote work.

Moreover, organizations have leveraged the Palo Alto VM series firewalls to extend their security measures to public cloud environments while replicating the same level of security as on-premises. By offering full inline threat protection, simplified VPN configuration, and scalable interfaces, these firewalls provide reliable access control in a VMware environment.

Overall, users appreciate the high throughput, reliability, and security offered by Palo Alto's Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall. With its diverse range of use cases across datacenters, branches, and public cloud environments, this product proves to be an essential component in safeguarding networks against modern cyber threats.

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June 16, 2022

Intelligent firewall and VMware NSX support.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
PaloAlto VM-200 is a virtualized firewall with high processing power and network edge protection. The great advantage is being able to implement in a VMware environment without worrying about hardware, rack space, physical network connections and others. It can be easily managed via the web and remotely to create protection, access and reporting rules. The VM-200 firewall can be used by any company, small or large because it has several models available according to the real needs of each one.
June 03, 2022

Very strong product

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Networking Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls VM-series are prefect for edge firewalling, VPN concentrator and East-West traffic filtering scenarios. The most used scenario is increasing VPN capacity in urgent cases like remote working. In this case VM series is perfect because it can immediately be installed which could not be done with bare metal appliances.
June 02, 2022

Best in class Datacenter Solution

Diego Carmignani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diego Carmignani
IT Infrastructure Coordinator
Cartiere Carrara S.p.A. (Paper & Forest Products, 501-1000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it's the best in class enterprise solution because at the right cost you can implement a Firewall VM with all features that an Enterprise Company requires (L7, performance, easy to use, scalable) In my experience is less appropriate when you want to implement it in a ROBO (cost is too high). In fact, we prefer to sacrifice some features (like L7 policies) and implement something from another vendor
June 02, 2022

Palo Alto Firewall is The Firewall of the Future.

Shephered Moyo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shephered Moyo
Systems Engineer
The M9 Group (Computer Networking, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
With the coming of cloud computing, this firewall can be deployed in most public and private clouds. Be it AWS, Azure, Google cloud, VMWARE, or Hyper-V it works well in all these scenarios. Daily snapshots can easily be taken from which a rollback can be done if there is a need to restore the firewall to a previously known working state. The flexibility of this firewall makes it more favorable for use in today's environments.
October 21, 2021

Awesome Secure Web Gateway

RB
Ronald Barrett
Director of Information Technology
City of Marietta, GA (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The ability to decrypt traffic is exceptional and has been useful many times in our organization. The analytic capabilities provide significant insight into internet behavior. We do not utilize it as the primary firewall, because it is not quite as robust as our core firewall vendor.
January 11, 2020

Secure Public Cloud

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Real Estate Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for a hybrid network model where you would like to extend your existing infrastructure and security policies to the public cloud. With security up to layer 7, it helps you deploy all the security policies on the public cloud.
December 06, 2018

PAN - Solid Choice!

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
PAN does a great job at classifying traffic, and rate-limiting said traffic at line rate. (Very similar to Bluecoat/Packetteer's Packet Shaper) This also alleviates the need for a second device to do bandwidth control. I believe that it's a great user-based, and security-focused device, and one of the few that can produce a positive enforcement model (Deny first).
June 13, 2017

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Firewalls: "Virtually" the Greatest

Bear Golightly | TrustRadius Reviewer
Bear Golightly
IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager
Nashville Wraps (Wholesale, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
There's almost certainly a Palo Alto product to fit your organization's needs, although a PA VM-200 might be overkill for a small branch office. However, given the modest pricing of the VM-series, the central management capabilities of Panorama, and the site-to-site VPN capabilities of the Palo Alto platform, I can imagine recommending small PA VM-series appliances in place of small PA hardware appliances for branch sites that already have virtualization, especially if you have a number of branch offices - the cost reduction from centralized management would more than pay for the "premium" solution vs a typical branch router device.
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