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Why Palo Alto Networks
Unified security for the multi-cloud era
Protect applications, data, and AI workloads across public clouds, private clouds, hybrid environments, and multi-cloud architectures with consistent Layer 7 security and centralized policy management.
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Deploy anywhere.
Public clouds, private clouds, and virtual data centers.
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Software firewalls to secure every cloud, AI environment and network.
Best-in-class firewall protection for traditional, advanced, and AI workloads.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Palo Alto Networks software firewalls deliver the deep Layer 7 inspection, AI runtime protection and multicloud policy consistency that native cloud provider firewalls lack. Independent analysis has shown Palo Alto Networks to have 99.4% security efficacy where native CSP
providers have shown sub 20% efficacy. Operating as the industry’s first truly Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) architecture, Palo Alto Networks software firewalls unify visibility, enforcement and threat prevention across AWS, Azure and other leading CSPs — and are
natively integrated to offer the same level of seamless deployment.
CLARA is a suite of automated assessments that analyzes and validates your multicloud and AI network risk posture. It pinpoints potential weaknesses in your public cloud networks, benchmarks your existing CSP-provided firewalls against real-world threat efficacy and identifies exposures within your AI ecosystem. This helps you reduce risk and increase confidence before exposures are exploited.
Palo Alto Networks offers software firewalls for different cloud and application architectures. VM-Series provides a virtual next-generation firewall for public, private, hybrid and multicloud environments where deployment flexibility and control are
priorities. Cloud NGFW provides fully managed, cloud-native firewall security for AWS and Azure without infrastructure to deploy or patch. Container firewalls protect Kubernetes environments and
application-to-application traffic inside clusters.
VM-Series is a virtual next-generation firewall that you deploy across public clouds, private clouds and virtualized environments, giving you flexibility and control over your firewall architecture. Cloud NGFW delivers Palo Alto Networks security as a fully managed, cloud-native service for AWS and Azure, with infrastructure management, scaling and maintenance handled for you. The right choice depends on whether you prioritize deployment control or cloud-native operational simplicity.
Palo Alto Networks software firewalls extend consistent network security across public clouds, private clouds and virtualized environments. They provide Layer 7 visibility and threat prevention for traffic entering and leaving cloud environments as well as east-west traffic moving between workloads. Centralized management and cloud automation help organizations apply consistent security controls as applications and infrastructure span multiple environments.