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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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- Content Inspection (6)10.0100%
- Identification Technologies (6)9.797%
- Visualization Tools (6)9.595%
- Policy-based Controls (6)9.595%
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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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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. |
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| Mobile Application | No |
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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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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.
- The solution improved the security system and protection of the internal network.
- It allowed remote work with vpn access and site interconnection.
- Easy and remote management.
June 03, 2022
Very strong product
- reduce risk of intrusion
- increase sec-ops efficiency
- maximise investment
June 02, 2022
Best in class Datacenter Solution
- Credit usage solution is a great solution to scale VM Series
June 02, 2022
Palo Alto Firewall is The Firewall of the Future.
- The ability for the firewall to dynamically update its threat database means that the business has less risk since the firewall is capable of blocking known and unknown threats and that increase the business's Return on Investment.
- Backups and restores take a few minutes to accomplish which reduces engineering costs to the business.
- Network reporting and visibility provided by the firewall allows us to rely on this firewall only rather than having to deploy additional software to monitor and report on the network, that alone allows the business to save on other software costs and realize a big margin on ROI provided the Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewall.
October 21, 2021
Awesome Secure Web Gateway
- It has help us determine the necessary spend for internet bandwidth
- Has helped us easily monitor policy compliance
- Provided tools that increase understanding of security for non-IT staff
January 11, 2020
Secure Public Cloud
- It helped us in providing the same level of security on public cloud.
- Our public cloud environment is equally secure and managed as our on-prem firewalls.
December 06, 2018
PAN - Solid Choice!
- ROI has been achieved quickly through lack of security incidents.
- Inline filtering happens at line rate, unline Sourcefire from Cisco.
- Great incentives from PAN to switch made a difference in the choice to change.
- Reduced firewall management tasks by an order of magnitude
- Reduced needed VPN client support to nearly zero
- Allowed reporting/monitoring of bandwidth usage, increasing overall productivity (big brother is watching you.....)