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Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series

Overview

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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  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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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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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Virtualized firewall.
  • Rack and datacenter space savings.
  • Optimized for medium density of concurrently connected users.
  • Site to site VPN.
  • Remote VPN.
  • URL and application control for users.
  • It does not support SSL decription for high throughput of connections.
  • Guaranteed use of licenses are expensive.
Shephered Moyo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Sink holing access to command and control threats
  • Deep packet inspection
  • Secure remote access VPN via Global protect
  • High Availability can be improved to allow active-active deployment
  • All command line documentation to provide and support automation
  • It will be nice to have link aggregation just like in the hardware firewall models.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Decrypt internet traffic
  • daily reporting of top internet users
  • classify internet traffic in real-time to allow us to understand the organization needs.
  • Strong AI capabilities
  • needs SD-WAN and cloud security in an integrated solution.
  • need stronger state-side support
  • requires significant compute resources
January 11, 2020

Secure Public Cloud

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Securing public cloud on same level as an on-premise environment.
  • Ease of migration and management, similar to physical infrastructure.
  • Provide same level of security features as physical firewall.
  • Pay-per-use and flexibility in licensing.
December 06, 2018

PAN - Solid Choice!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy deployment.
  • Backups, snapshotting, etc. make returning to pre-change state a snap.
  • Threat management, data leak protection, etc. can be done in-line with ease.
  • I feel like there is not enough of a support community, similar to checkpoint.
  • VPN client is not as user-friendly as Anyconnect.
  • No root access to device.
Bear Golightly | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • GlobalProtect SSL-VPN/IPsec server and client are top notch.
  • The web interface and CLI are both very well documented and easy to use.
  • Technical support is knowledgeable and treats tier 1 issues with all due haste.
  • Sometimes the configuration gets out of sync between HA peers, it won't sync, and it also won't say why.
  • Every time I log in I get warned that the logfile partition is almost full. Yes, I know that, you're deleting the oldest ones, I know: stop telling me about it with a giant pop-up at login.
  • I like green, but I wish I could choose mauve as a background color for the web interface.
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