Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is a commercial cybersecurity vendor that sells security products across the network, cloud and endpoint. Its portfolio is aimed at enterprises, CISOs, network security engineers, cloud architects and SOC managers who want to apply zero trust principles and protect hybrid workforces and cloud workloads.

The product lineup spans next-generation and hybrid mesh firewalls, SASE and security service edge offerings, endpoint protection, and Cortex tooling for security operations, including the newly announced Cortex XCOR observability platform. The company also provides Unit 42 threat intelligence and incident response services along with consulting and training.

Palo Alto Networks is proprietary. It combines hardware and virtual firewalls that run in customer environments with cloud-delivered services, and it promotes a platform approach in which customers consolidate several security functions with one vendor. Demos and trials are offered through its site.