What are the three capabilities of Palo Alto Networks cloud
|
Palo Alto Networks added multi-cloud capabilities to its
Next-Generation Security Platform, extending support across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The new features and additional cloud support will provide stronger
security and simplified management across the three major public clouds, said Chris Morosco, product marketing director at Palo Alto Networks. “A couple things you need for the cloud: No. 1 is
good security. But you also need to be able to deploy security in a very frictionless way,” Morosco said. “It needs to be built for the cloud.” To address this, the company added automation integrations including improved auto-scaling for AWS and new support for Azure Security
Center and Google Cloud Deployment Manager. The new Azure integration “gives you a unified view of your private and public cloud deployments,” while the Google integration provides “a single view for customers to manage services,” Morosco said. The security platform also integrates with software from Terraform and Ansible to automate workflows and policy management. “You can do multi-cloud with one management instance to orchestrate this whole thing through Terraform, across all three
public clouds,” Morosco said. Additionally, the company added additional public cloud support to Aperture, its cloud access security broker (CASB) product. Aperture previously provided protection for
software-as-a-service (SaaS) and some AWS-based workloads. It now works across all three public clouds. “The third thing we added was Traps to be able to secure public cloud workloads and look for zero-day attacks,” Morosco said. Zero-day attacks means there are zero days between the time the flaw is discovered and the first attack. Traps is Palo Alto Networks’ endpoint protection product. Previously it supported Windows workloads. New capabilities will protect Linux workloads
across the three major public clouds. Finally, the company’s Panorama network security management now works across the three clouds. The multi-device management tool was already available as a hardware device or a virtual device, which customers used for
private cloud deployments, Morosco said. “Now we’ve moved Panorama into the public cloud so your management and logging server are all within that same cloud environment,” he explained. The company announced the new
cloud security capabilities today at its online Epic Cloud Security event. All of the updates are slated for general availability next month. Palo Alto Networks partners closely and strategically with AWS to help our customers achieve the most optimal security outcomes. Cloud NGFW is built with AWS to protect AWS cloud deployments with unparalleled simplicity and scalability. Cloud NGFW offers best-in-class network security delivered as a managed cloud service by Palo Alto Networks. Prisma Cloud is built secure infrastructure, applications, data and entitlements across the world's largest clouds, all from a single unified solution. With a combination of AWS' APIs and a unified agent framework, users gain unmatched visibility and protection. CN-Series is a best-in-class, purpose-built NGFW to secure your Kubernetes environment from network-based threats. https://www.paloaltonetworks.com Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security. The company serves over 70,000 organizations in over 150 countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100.[7] It is home to the Unit 42 threat research team[8] and hosts the Ignite cybersecurity conference.[9] In 2018, Palo Alto Networks was listed 8th in the Forbes Digital 100.[10] In June 2018, former Google and SoftBank executive Nikesh Arora joined the company as Chairman and CEO.[11] History[edit]Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005 by Israeli-American Nir Zuk,[12] a former engineer from Check Point and NetScreen Technologies, and was the principal developer of the first stateful inspection firewall and the first intrusion prevention system.[13] Zuk created Palo Alto Networks with the intention of solving a problem enterprises were facing with existing network security solutions: the inability to safely enable employees to use modern applications, which entailed developing a firewall that could identify and provide fine-grained control of applications.[14] In 2007, the company produced and shipped its first product, an advanced enterprise firewall, which it branded the world's first "next-generation firewall".[15][16] In 2009, Gartner released a publication defining the next-generation firewall.[17] In contrast to traditional firewalls of the time which relied on simple rules such as port numbers and protocol to block traffic, the authors stated that next-generation firewalls should operate on and inspect all layers of the network stack and be intelligent enough to block threats independently of port numbers or protocols used. In particular, the publication defined this next-generation firewall as containing (in addition to the full capabilities of both traditional firewalls and intrusion prevention systems): Support for in-line deployment without disrupting network operations, application awareness and full stack visibility allowing for fine-grained detection and control of applications, extra-firewall intelligence, and upgrade paths. Starting in 2011, Gartner began listing Palo Alto Networks as a leader on its enterprise firewall Magic Quadrant.[18] In 2019, they were named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for an 8th year in a row.[19] The company debuted on the NYSE on July 20, 2012, raising $260 million with its initial public offering, which was the 4th-largest tech IPO of 2012.[20][21][22] It remained on the NYSE until October 2021 when the company transferred its listing to Nasdaq.[23] In 2014, Palo Alto Networks founded the Cyber Threat Alliance with Fortinet, McAfee, and NortonLifeLock (formerly known as Symantec), a not-for-profit organization with the goal of improving cybersecurity "for the greater good" by encouraging collaboration between cybersecurity organizations by sharing cyber threat intelligence amongst members.[24][25] By 2018, the organization had 20 members including Cisco, Check Point, Juniper Networks, and Sophos.[26] The company expanded over the years, offering a wide selection of enterprise cybersecurity services beyond its original next-generation firewall offering, such as Traps endpoint protection and Wildfire malware prevention.[27] In 2017, Palo Alto Networks announced Logging Service, a cloud-based service allowing customers to amass their own data for machine learning and data analytics.[28] In 2018, the company began opening dedicated cybersecurity training facilities around the world as part of the Global Cyber Range Initiative.[29] In May 2018, the company announced Application Framework, an open cloud-delivered ecosystem where developers can publish security services as SaaS applications that can be instantly delivered to the company's network of customers.[2] In 2018, several high-profile tech executives joined Palo Alto Networks. In June 2018, former Google Chief Business Officer and SoftBank President Nikesh Arora joined the company as chairman and CEO.[11] His predecessor, Mark McLaughlin, became vice chairman of the board of directors. Arora received a pay package worth about $128 million, making him one of the highest paid executives in the United States.[30] In September 2018 Liane Hornsey, formerly Chief People Officer at Uber, joined Palo Alto Networks as Chief People Officer.[31] In October 2018, Amit Singh, formerly President of Google Cloud, succeeded Mark Anderson as President of Palo Alto Networks.[32] In August 2021, William (BJ) Jenkins succeeded Singh as president, with Singh assuming the role of Chief Business Officer.[33] In 2019, the company announced the K2-Series, a 5G-ready next-generation firewall developed for service providers with 5G and IoT requirements in mind.[34] In February 2019, the company announced Cortex, an AI-based continuous security platform. CEO Nikesh Arora described Cortex as "Application Framework 2.0".[35] Acquisitions[edit]
Products[edit]Enterprise Products[edit]Palo Alto Networks offers an enterprise cybersecurity platform which provides network security, cloud security, endpoint protection, and various cloud-delivered security services. Components of the security platform listed on the Palo Alto Networks website include:[56]
Cloud Storage and Analysis Products[edit]In 2019, Palo Alto Networks reorganized its SaaS offerings under the Cortex branding.[62]
Threat research[edit]Unit 42 is the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence and security consulting team. They are a group of cybersecurity researchers and industry experts who use data collected by the company's security platform to discover new cyber threats, such as new forms of malware and malicious actors operating across the world.[68] The group runs a popular blog where they post technical reports analyzing active threats and adversaries.[69] Multiple Unit 42 researchers have been named in the MSRC Top 100, Microsoft's annual ranking of top 100 security researchers.[70] In April 2020, the business unit consisting of Crypsis Group that provided digital forensics, incident response, risk assessment, and other consulting services merged with the Unit 42 threat intelligence team.[71] According to the FBI, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has helped solve multiple cybercrime cases, such as the Mirai Botnet and Clickfraud Botnet cases,[72] the LuminosityLink RAT case,[73][74] and assisted with "Operation Wire-Wire".[75] In 2018, Unit 42 discovered Gorgon, a hacking group believed to be operating out of Pakistan and targeting government organizations in the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and the United States. The group was detected sending spear-phishing emails attached with infected Microsoft Word documents using an exploit commonly used by cybercriminals and cyber-espionage campaigns.[76] In September 2018, the Unit 42 discovered Xbash, a ransomware that also performs cryptomining, believed to be tied to the Chinese threat actor "Iron". Xbash is able to propagate like a worm and deletes databases stored on victim hosts.[77] In October, Unit 42 warned of a new cryptomining malware, XMRig, that comes bundled with infected Adobe Flash updates. The malware uses the victim's computer's resources to mine Monero cryptocurrency.[78] In November 2018, Palo Alto Networks announced the discovery of "Cannon," a trojan being used to target United States and European government entities.[79][80] The hackers behind the malware are believed to be Fancy Bear, the Russian hacking group believed to be responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee in 2016. The malware communicates with its command and control server with email and uses encryption to evade detection.[81] References[edit]
External links[edit]
What are the 3 pillars of Palo Alto Networks strategy?Visibility and access control.. Data loss protection.. Threat prevention.. What are three unique benefits of the Palo Alto Networks ContentContent-ID
Limit unauthorized data and file transfers. Detect and block exploits, malware and malware communications. Control unapproved web surfing.
Which three of the following capabilities does the DNS security service provide?The DNS Security service is built on a modular, cloud-based architecture to seamlessly add new detection, prevention, and analytics capabilities with zero customer impact.
WHAT IS features of Palo Alto?The advanced security features like App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID along with Security profiles, comprising feature like Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Vulnerability protection, URL Filtering, DoS Protection and Data Filtering makes Palo Alto the leader.
|
