Next-generation NGFW – what differentiates Palo Alto firewall from classic network solutions

The term “Next-Generation Firewall” (NGFW) appears in the marketing of many vendors, but not all vendors mean the same thing by it. The classic definition of NGFW (Gartner, 2009) included state inspection, application and user identification, and integration with IPS systems. From the beginning, Palo Alto Networks had its own, more ambitious vision of what […]