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Simplify Security Infrastructure

Every time a new application or threat appears, network security vendors sell enterprise IT a new appliance. But adding more appliances adds complexity and cost, and doesn't solve the root security problem: the inability to identify and control applications, users and content.

Simplify Security Infrastructure

For enterprise IT security organizations, the continued evolution of applications and threats, coupled with the stagnation of traditional network security technology has resulted in a loss of visibility and control. So organizations cannot safely enable new applications, and they are exposed to rising levels of risk due to increasingly evasive applications and sophisticated threats.

Sprawl Is Not The Answer

Despite efforts to regain visibility and control by adding more security appliances, most organizations remain stymied – unacceptably. IT security staffs have added a variety of devices around the firewall in an attempt to regain control of their networks, including:

Intrusion detection systems/intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
Proxies
URL filters
Data leak prevention (DLP) devices
Web antivirus devices
IM security devices

Not only do these devices not solve the problem, they increase complexity and cost – which, in today’s economic climate, is simply unacceptable.

It’s Time to Fix the Firewall – And Reduce TCO

Many leading enterprises have found that investing in innovation and reducing network security appliance sprawl can result in the restoration of visibility and control, and substantial reduction in total cost of ownership of security infrastructure.

Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls fix the problem – giving organizations visibility and policy control of applications, users, and content in a firewall. By fixing the firewall, many organizations have been able to reduce the number of security devices in their networks substantially, saving both capital expenditures and operations costs. By fixing the firewall, Palo Alto Networks enterprise customers have reduced costs by:

Up to 80% for capital expenditures
Up to 65% for hard operations costs (support contracts, subscriptions, power/HVAC)
"Soft” operations costs are similarly reduced

Specific Solution Examples:

Protect high speed datacenters: Read more about how high performance throughput, mixed with control can protect datacenters without impeding the business.

Simplify PCI Compliance: Gain insight into how control over applications, users and content, combined with network segmentation, can reduce the complexity of PCI compliance.