Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is one of the most recognized cybersecurity companies in the world, delivering a comprehensive portfolio of network security, cloud security, and security operations platforms. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Palo Alto Networks serves tens of thousands of customers across more than 150 countries, including a large proportion of Fortune 100 enterprises and government agencies.

At the core of Palo Alto Networks' offering is its next-generation firewall (NGFW) technology, available in physical, virtual, and cloud-delivered form factors. The Palo Alto Networks NGFW delivers application-aware traffic inspection, user-based policy enforcement, integrated intrusion prevention, and SSL decryption within a single platform. Unlike traditional stateful firewalls, the Palo Alto Networks NGFW understands applications regardless of port or protocol, enabling security teams to write precise policies based on application context rather than IP addresses and port numbers.

Prisma Cloud is Palo Alto Networks' cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), providing comprehensive visibility and security across multi-cloud environments. Prisma Cloud secures infrastructure, workloads, containers, serverless functions, and applications throughout the development lifecycle, integrating with developer workflows to shift security left and identify vulnerabilities before they reach production.

Cortex XDR and Cortex XSOAR represent Palo Alto Networks' security operations portfolio. Cortex XDR provides extended detection and response capabilities by correlating data across endpoint, network, and cloud sources to detect sophisticated attacks with high fidelity. Cortex XSOAR (formerly Demisto) is a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform that enables security operations teams to automate incident response workflows, reduce alert fatigue, and accelerate mean time to respond.

Unit 42, the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence and consulting group, provides incident response services, attack surface management, and advanced threat research. The Autofocus threat intelligence platform and the Palo Alto Networks threat prevention subscription services continuously update network and endpoint defenses with the latest indicators of compromise and behavioral signatures discovered by Unit 42's researchers.