Description

The Palo Alto Networks PA-1420 Next-Gen Firewall is part of the 1400 series of Next Generation firewalls. The other is the Palo Alto PA-1410. The big deal with this series is that is the first Next-Gen firewall family powered by machine learning.

Machine Learning – Why it’s a big deal

In short, ML is the science of getting computers to get smarter over time, on their own, like humans do. It is not exactly the same as Artificial Intelligence, but for our purposes, it’s close. There’s an old axiom about computers; they don’t do what you want them to; they do what you tell them to.

This allows the PA-1400 series to provide dynamic security actions based on user behavior to restrict suspicious or malicious users. They can also consistently authenticate and authorize your users. And they can do it regardless of their location and where user identity stores live. This enables a quick move toward a Zero Trust security posture with Cloud Identity Engine; an entirely new cloud-based architecture for identity-based security.

PAN-OS

The controlling element of the PA-1400 Series is PAN-OS. It’s the same software that runs all Palo Alto firewalls. PAN-OS natively classifies all traffic, inclusive of applications, threats, and content. It then ties that traffic to the user regardless of location or device type.

The application, content, and user (the elements that run your business) then serve as the basis of your security policies. This results in improved security posture and reduced response times.

Features of the PA-1400 series

The Palo Alto PA-1420 is loaded with capabilities, as you would expect from anything that wears the Palo Alto logo. It identifies and categorizes all applications, on all ports, all the time, with full Layer 7 inspection. And, it identifies the applications traversing your network irrespective of port, protocol, evasive techniques, or encryption (TLS/SSL).

The PA-1400 series also enables you to safely implement SD-WAN. And, it benefits from centralized management, configuration, and visibility for multiple firewalls. Of course, this is irrespective of location or scale.

This firewall will also Identify the applications traversing your network. Everything, irrespective of port, protocol, evasive techniques, or encryption (TLS/SSL). It automatically discovers and controls new applications to keep pace with the SaaS explosion with SaaS Security subscription. Palo Alto firewalls use the application, not the port, as the basis for all your safe enablement policy decisions: allow, deny, schedule, inspect, and apply traffic-shaping.

Palo Alto enforces security for users at any location, on any device, while adapting policy based on user activity.

Performance

The Palo Alto PA-1420 delivers up to 9.9 Gbps Total Firewall Throughput, 5.2 Gbps of Threat Prevention Throughput, and 6.9 Gbps of IPsec VPN Throughput. It manages 140,000 new sessions/second and 1.4 million max sessions.

We’re excited about the Palo Alto PA-1420, and we’d love to tell you more about it. So, why not give Corporate Armor a call at 877-449-0458, or reach out at [email protected]?