Palo Alto Networks today announced that Nicolet National Bank has implemented the PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall to provide application visibility and control, enable enhanced compliance reporting and update and consolidate its IT security infrastructure.
Founded in 2000, Nicolet National Bank is a rapidly growing, relationship-focused regional bank. With the PA-4000 Series, Nicolet National Bank has granular, user-specific understanding of application usage for its employees. In addition, the bank has also appropriately fortified its defenses against threats from emerging forms of malware, and the bandwidth and productivity drains related to non-business applications.
“To differentiate in this market, we must maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction, while complying with significant regulatory demands,” said Jon Biskner, Chief Information Security Officer for Nicolet National Bank. “Ensuring business applications are available, and that customer and operational data is protected, are sometimes competing demands we must meet. The PA-4000 Series helps us achieve this goal by enabling us to extend appropriate control over users and applications.”
In this first phase of deployment, the PA-4000 Series will work in conjunction with the existing security infrastructure of traditional firewalls and proxies. In subsequent phases, the bank will replace those devices.
“For regulated organizations like Nicolet National Bank, visibility is key for compliance,” said Steve Mullaney, Vice President of Marketing for Palo Alto Networks. “The PA-4000 Series makes it easy for IT to understand and control the applications on their networks.”
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks™ enables visibility and policy control of applications running on enterprise networks. Based on innovative App-ID™ application classification technology, the Palo Alto Networks PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall accurately identifies applications – regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or even SSL encryption – at 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Enterprises can now set and enforce application usage policies to meet compliance requirements, improve threat mitigation and lower operational costs. The Palo Alto Networks team includes security and networking industry veterans from Check Point, NetScreen, McAfee, Cisco, Juniper and Blue Coat. It is backed by investors Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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