Palo Alto Networks

Your network security is not something to leave up to chance. Yet most traditional firewall solutions do exactly that when it comes to one of the largest sources of network traffic on your system – applications. A recent SANS report also suggests that they are the largest sources of network threats – of the twenty biggest threats facing enterprise level businesses, 80% are application level. Typical firewalls, which only manage ports, IP addresses, and packets, are not adapted to the new online environment, where applications play a bigger and bigger role, and where application-level threats fall beyond the typical categories of virus, exploit and worm.

Our partners at Palo Alto Networks have developed new smart firewall technology to plug this yawning security hole. With identification technology closely matching the classifications familiar to businesses, Palo Alto’s smart firewall technology enables firm control over application usage through App-ID, User-ID and Content-ID filters, freeing businesses from the heavy-handed and indiscriminate management of ports and protocols. A business can stop worrying about what port their applications run on and manage the application itself. Users can be the point of interface with the internet, rather than IP addresses. Content can be scanned and overseen to provide real-time threat protection against malicious activity, restrictions on non-work related web surfing, and filtering of web pages and data transfers.

The ever-changing nature of the web demands adaptation to its new realities – and its new threats. Adapting Palo Alto Network’s solutions with the guidance of GDS2, you can be ensured of your network’s security and your enterprise’s flexibility in managing it.