Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall: A firewall with complete protection
June 22, 2021

Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall: A firewall with complete protection

Binita Kharbanda | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

PA-800 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series

We started our Palo Alto journey by securing our organization's data center resources and it didn't fail us. It matched up to our expectations in terms of security and control, which we are able to achieve with Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls. We are using Palo Alto's advanced threat prevention technologies to protect our DC.

Pros

  • App filtering
  • Sandboxing
  • Wildfire
  • Firewall throughput

Cons

  • CLI configuration is tough
  • Cost is too high.
  • TAC support response.
  • Application control.
  • User friendly GUI.
  • Documentations availability.
  • Site to Site VPN configuration issue with a policy based method.
  • Hotfixes availability.
On other firewalls creating the policy is a bit complex, but with the Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, it can be done with ease as it provides the best user-friendly GUI. It provides complete protection from both signature-based and signature-less attacks both. With its sandboxing feature and Wildfire solutions, protection can be enriched.

Do you think Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series's feature set?

Yes

Did Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series again?

Yes

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Palo Alto Networks can be perfect suited for mid/large size organizations who are looking to secure their infrastructure or data center as it provides complete preventions against today's zero-day attacks. It keeps updating the malicious signatures with its wildfire database. Its app filtering is the best in the market; we can get so much efficiency.

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.7
Identification Technologies
10
Visualization Tools
9
Content Inspection
10
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
9
Firewall Management Console
9
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10

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