Industry Network Security Revenue 1.4 billion USD (2016) | Traded as NYSE: PANW Area served Worldwide Founded 2005 | |
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Key people Mark D. McLaughlin (CEO)Nir ZukFounder and CTORajiv BatraFounder and Vice President, Engineering Website www.paloaltonetworks.com Stock price PANW (NYSE) US$ 114.12 -0.75 (-0.65%)21 Mar, 10:32 AM GMT-4 - Disclaimer CEO Mark D. McLaughlin (Aug 2011–) Founders Nir Zuk, Rajiv Batra, Dave Stevens, Yuming Mao Subsidiaries ShieldArc Inc., Morta Security, Inc., LightCyber Ltd. Profiles | ||
Why partner with palo alto networks
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a network and enterprise security company based in Santa Clara, California. The company’s core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls designed to provide network security, visibility and granular control of network activity based on application, user, and content identification and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security.
Contents
- Why partner with palo alto networks
- Start your new career path at palo alto networks
- History
- Technology
- Products
- Acquisitions
- Recognition
- References
Start your new career path at palo alto networks
History
Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005 by Nir Zuk, a former engineer from Check Point and NetScreen Technologies. Zuk served in the elite Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces and, was the principal developer of the first stateful inspection firewall and the first intrusion prevention system. When asked why he started Palo Alto Networks, Zuk cited his objective of solving a problem enterprises were facing with existing network security solutions: the inability to safely enable employees to use modern applications, which entailed developing a firewall that could identify and provide fine-grained control of applications.
The company produced and shipped its first firewall in 2007 and debuted on the NYSE with its July 20, 2012 initial public offering.
Technology
In 2009 Gartner, Inc. released a publication defining the "next-generation firewall". In its definition, Palo Alto Networks firewalls contain application awareness, full stack visibility, extra-firewall intelligence, and upgrade paths in addition to the full capabilities of both traditional firewalls and intrusion prevention systems. Additionally, the company defines its firewall technology by the following abilities:
- Identify applications regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or Secure Sockets Layer
- Identify and control users regardless of IP address, location or device
- Protect against known and unknown application-borne threats
- Fine-grained visibility and policy control over application access/functionality
- Multi-gigabit, low latency, in-line deployment
Since 2013 Gartner, Inc. produces an annual Magic Quadrant for Enterprise firewalls in which Palo Alto Networks is one of the companies listed in the "leaders quadrant" for this category.
Products
In 2013 MSM - Mobile Security manager was added to extend the firewall security down to mobile devices. In 2014 TRAPS was added to the product list. Traps serves as a version on endpoint protection, client protection without the standard virus file - rather it takes a different view and attempts to monitor, detect and thwart the entry of the virus into the client by monitoring common entry points.
Acquisitions
Recognition
Recognition from industry analysts and labs for Palo Alto Networks firewalls include: