Palo Alto Networks™, the leader in next-generation firewalls, today announced that it has won the inaugural Secure Computing Australia Award in the Innovation Awards category, presented for the most significant changes to the traditional practice of IT security. The awards were presented at the eighth annual AusCERT Conference, held last week at the Gold Coast, Australia.

“The panel was impressed that Palo Alto Networks’ technology reduces the number of firewalls needed in an organization, and that its technology answers the main problem associated with today’s security areas of concern and the challenge of having visibility and control over application-based threats,” said Nate Cochrane, Editor in Chief, SC Magazine Australia. “The company met the awards program’s chief criteria of looking at the traditional practice of IT security in a new light. It is also clear that Palo Alto Networks intends to make a substantial commitment to the Australian market.”

The award program was organized to recognize the professionals, organizations and products that daily thwart threats confronted by Australians. As part of the program, the expert judging panel of Australian security luminaries honored outstanding work by their peers in the trenches, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities, and excellence from governments, businesses and charities.

“The AusCERT2009 Conference is Australia's premier IT security event, and we are pleased to receive this inaugural award during the event,” said Palo Alto Networks CEO Lane Bess. “This recognition represents not only Palo Alto Networks’ unique approach in innovating technology to best secure enterprise networks, but also the commitment and acceptance the company is experiencing in the Australian market.”

About Palo Alto Networks

With Australian offices in Sydney, Palo Alto Networks™ is the leader in next-generation firewalls, enabling unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and content – by user, not just IP address – at up to 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately identify and control applications – regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption – and scan content to stop threats and prevent data leakage. Enterprises can for the first time embrace Web 2.0 and maintain complete visibility and control, while significantly reducing total cost of ownership through device consolidation. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

 

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