Item: Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering
Rating: 10
Author: Fabio Silva

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, we are using Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering as part of security checks for inbound and outbound traffic.

Pros and Cons

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

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Qualys Cloud Platform and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud

Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering is the best solution to work with Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama as an orchestrator. We choose Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering as it could reach the success criteria during the PoC.

Key Insights

Do you think Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering's feature set?

Yes

Did Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Qualys Cloud Platform, Darktrace, Symantec Encrypted Traffic Management

Likelihood to Recommend

Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering suits well blocking or allowing traffic based on URL category & groups. In case you need to create your own URL category DB, Palo Alto can provide this feature for your use in your Firewall rules.

Detect & Prevent Modern Web-Based Attacks with Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering

Overall Satisfaction with Palo Alto Networks Advanced URL Filtering