Elevate Your Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Security with the Latest Innovations in Software Firewalls

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As cloud adoption continues to accelerate, the need for robust, scalable, and efficient security solutions has never been more critical. At Palo Alto Networks, we’re committed to empowering organizations with cutting-edge advancements in software firewalls. Our recent Software Firewall launch introduces a range of powerful features across both VM-Series and Cloud NGFW, designed to enhance security and compliance, streamline cloud operations, and grow along with the customer infrastructure.

In this post, we’ll explore how our new features align with our core pillars—Secure, Simplify, and Scale—and how they can help your organization achieve greater success in the cloud.

Secure: Enhance Visibility & Compliance

In today’s evolving threat landscape, maintaining visibility and compliance across your cloud environments is crucial. Our latest security features offer comprehensive protection, ensuring your organization remains secure and compliant: 

VM-Series

• Virtual Systems: Enforce separation of traffic from unrelated endpoints in your private cloud by subdividing the VM-Series firewall into multiple virtual systems, each with a separate policy set.

Cloud NGFW

• Compliance and Certifications: Cloud NGFW is SOC2 compliant,  HIPAA eligible, PCI-DSS compliant, ISO (27001, 27017, 27018, 27701) compliant, and CSA STAR Level 2 compliant. You can now use Cloud NGFW in environments with these compliance obligations. See more details on Cloud NGFW compliance certifications on Palo Alto Networks’ Trust Center. 

These tools empower you to strengthen your security posture, enhance compliance, and gain the necessary visibility to stay ahead of emerging threats.

Simplify: Streamline Cloud Operations

Managing complex cloud environments can be daunting, especially when deploying and maintaining security measures. Our new features aim to simplify these processes, allowing your teams to focus on driving your business forward:

VM-Series

• Azure Solution Templates: Get up and running quickly with production-ready templates on Azure, deploying common architectures of VNETs and VM-Series to ensure best practices are followed from the start.
• Private Cloud enhancements: Support special-case scenarios in Private Cloud to keep security simple across every network. In environments where network traffic needs multiple interfaces, the VM-Series supports 802.1AX ethernet link aggregation. 

Cloud NGFW

• Flexible Credits Management: Managing cloud costs can be complex, but our Cloud NGFW flexible credits provide visibility and control over your spending, optimizing your budget while maintaining robust security.

By streamlining cloud operations, we enable you to accelerate your cloud journey and achieve faster, more efficient results.

Scale: Grow with Infrastructure 

As your organization grows, so do the demands on your cloud infrastructure. Ensuring that your security solutions can scale effortlessly alongside your operations is essential to maintaining performance and reliability. Our latest features are designed to help you do just that:

VM-Series

• Session Resiliency: Ensure uninterrupted forwarding and protection for traffic through your VM-Series even while adding or removing capacity in the firewall autoscaling group.
• New Integration with Tencent Cloud: We are excited to announce the integration of VM-Series Virtual Firewall with Tencent Cloud. This allows customers running applications on Tencent Cloud to leverage VM-Series to protect their applications against advanced threats. 

Cloud NGFW

• Strata Cloud Manager Integration: Manage security policies on Cloud NGFW and operations seamlessly alongside other platforms with Strata Cloud Manager, ensuring consistent protection.

With these enhancements, you can confidently scale your operations, knowing that your security infrastructure is built for future growth.

Conclusion

At Palo Alto Networks, we’re dedicated to delivering the solutions you need to thrive in the cloud. Our latest software firewall innovations are designed to help you scale your operations, simplify cloud management, and secure your environments against advanced threats.

Take Action Today

• Start Your Free Trial Today: Explore the full potential of our latest software firewall innovations by starting your free trial now. Experience firsthand how Palo Alto Networks can help you scale, simplify, and secure your cloud infrastructure with these free trial options: 
• AWS Marketplace: Cloud NGFW for AWS, VM-Series on AWS
• Azure Marketplace: Cloud NGFW for Azure, VM-Series on Azure
• Learn More: Ready to dive deeper into how our software firewalls can elevate your cloud security? Register for our virtual Ultimate Test Drive (UTD) webinar to take a hands-on tour of the product and discover how it can address your organization's specific security needs.
• Contact Us: Have questions or need guidance? Contact our team to learn more about how our latest software firewall features can help your organization scale securely and efficiently.