Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW)

Strata NGFWs provide advanced protection against known and unknown threats using machine learning and deep network traffic analysis. They are available in various forms:

  • PA-Series: Physical appliances suitable for data centers, branch offices and service providers.
  • VM-Series: Virtual firewalls for protection in public and private cloud environments.
  • CN-Series: Container firewalls designed for Kubernetes environments.
  • Cloud NGFW for AWS: Managed service providing industry-leading network security for AWS deployments.

These firewalls integrate features such as App-ID™, User-ID™, Content-ID™ and Threat Prevention to provide comprehensive protection.

Strata Cloud Manager

Strata Cloud Manager is an AI-powered solution for unified network security management and operations. It enables

  • Unified Management: Centralized management of NGFW and SASE environments from a single interface.
  • Predictive Analytics: Identify and prevent outages up to 90 days in advance.
  • Policy Optimization: Automatically detect and fix security gaps in policies.
  • AI-Assisted: Strata Copilot provides natural language recommendations for rapid problem resolution

Available in two versions: Essentials (basic functionality) and Pro (advanced features including ADEM and advanced analytics).

Strata Logging Service

Strata Logging Service is a cloud-based service for centralized storage and analysis of logs from all security components. It provides:

  • Scalable storage: No need for on-premises infrastructure.
  • Integration with third-party tools: Ability to export logs to SIEM systems and other analytics tools.
  • Compliance support: Helps meet regulatory requirements for log retention and access.

Combined with Strata Cloud Manager, it provides comprehensive network security overview and analysis

Advanced security services

The Strata platform also includes other advanced security services such as

Advanced Threat Prevention
Detection and blocking of known and unknown threats.

Advanced URL Filtering
Protection against malicious websites using machine learning.

Advanced WildFire
Analysis of files in a sandbox to identify new threats.

DNS Security
Protection against DNS attacks and abuse.

IoT Security
Identification and security of IoT devices on the network.

Enterprise DLP
Prevention of sensitive data loss