Palo Alto Networks today announced the addition of a mid-range platform offering to its family of next-generation firewalls. The new PA-2000 Series enables mid-size enterprises or enterprises with remote locations to, for the first time, cost effectively achieve comprehensive, user-specific visibility and policy control over applications flowing in and out of networks – regardless of port, protocol or SSL encryption.
With a list price starting at $12,000, the PA-2000 Series retains the full benefits and capabilities of all Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls – which include purpose-built hardware, the PAN-OS operating system and its innovative identification technologies that ensure safe and productive use of Web 2.0 and other new beneficial applications:
- App-ID: Comprehensive visibility and control over more than 600 applications – regardless of application port, protocol, encryption or evasive tactic. Enables policy enforcement by application, category, underlying technology, behavior and risk
- User-ID: User/group-specific policy definition and reporting via integration with Active Directory
- Content-ID: Real-time, broad-based threat prevention (vulnerability exploits, spyware, viruses), URL filtering and file blocking
"For more than 15 years we have helped our customers leverage best-of-breed security technologies to build the most effective defenses to suit their unique business needs," said Sandra Laney, Chairman and CEO of Cadre, a Palo Alto Networks reseller partner. "The PA-2000 is an ideal product for our small-to-medium enterprise portfolio. For our customers, it allows us to offer them unprecedented price/performance and capabilities in a firewall platform, while affording us the opportunity to partner with them in providing the latest in real-time threat protection."
"The application and threat landscape – as well as the regulatory environment – have evolved to the point where no business can afford to be caught unaware; what you don’t know truly can hurt you," said Steve Mullaney, Vice President of Marketing for Palo Alto Networks. "The PA-2000 Series provides one of the most vulnerable segments of the market – mid-size enterprises and remote branch offices with limited budgets/staffs – a viable platform to not only regain, but to also consolidate visibility, control and security."
Pricing and Availability
The PA-2000 Series includes the PA-2050 and PA-2020 models. The PA-2050 supports up to 1 Gbps throughput and lists at US$16,000, and the PA-2020 supports up to 500 Mbps throughput and lists at US$12,000. Both models are available immediately.
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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