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.
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.
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
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.
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