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New Palo Alto Networks Technology Secures Cloud Connections For Remote Workers: Page 2 of 2

Palo Alto Networks, a firewall security vendor, introduced new technology Wednesday that better secures connections between remote workers and the cloud applications that they want to use. Its GlobalProtect technology provides virtual private network (VPN)-like protection for a user accessing software as a service (SaaS) applications, such as Salesforce.com, or cloud-based collaboration platforms, like Microsoft's SharePoint, as if they were on their own corporate network. GlobalProtect is one o
March 03, 2011

Palo Alto Networks is also rolling out PAN-OS version 4.0, which includes 50 new features, King says. The enhanced security in the new firewall lets enterprises analyze more of their network traffic, eliminating "blind spots" where they can't spot security threats, he says.

If the firewall increases the percentage of traffic screened from, say, 90 percent to 97 percent, that leaves only 3 percent that the customer has to analyze on its own. King says that one customer reported to Palo Alto Networks that, in that smaller slice of its network traffic, it spotted evidence of the Mariposa Botnet, which threatened networks in 2008 and 2009.

Prices for new PAS-5000 series of firewall appliances, which are available now, start at $40,000.

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