Palo Alto Networks Named a Leader in Zero Trust Report

Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the global leader in cybersecurity, announced today it has been positioned as a leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Providers, Q4 2018," a new report published by Forrester Research, Inc.

Palo Alto Networks was among the 14 select vendors that Forrester evaluated for its Q4 2018 The Forrester WaveTM report. Forrester evaluated the vendors based on criteria in the categories of current offering, strategy and market presence. In this evaluation, Palo Alto Networks was cited as a Leader and earned the highest score in the strategy category.

According to the Forrester report, Palo Alto Networks "continues to understand the reasons for using Zero Trust technologies and the technical steps needed to enable Zero Trust for enterprises. The company has acquired and integrated tooling from organizations that have strong cloud capabilities (Evident.io and RedLock), user analytics (Magnifier [Lightcyber]), and endpoint security (Traps), all while ensuring that customers are engaged in both strategic alignment and optimal tool use."

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"We are delighted that Forrester has recognized us as a leader in this report. Our Security Operating Platform empowers customers to confidently automate threat identification and policy enforcement across cloud, network, and endpoints. This prevention-first security platform approach enables customers to adopt best practices and take a Zero Trust approach to preventing threats."

– René Bonvanie, EVP & CMO, Palo Alto Networks

More than 54,000 customers in more than 150 countries have chosen Palo Alto Networks for its continuous innovation in security, automation and analytics.

Palo Alto Networks Secures FedRAMP Milestone

Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced its WildFire® malware prevention service has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, Ready status. This extends Palo Alto Networks ability to provide the advanced threat prevention and analysis capabilities of WildFire to U.S. federal agencies as they increasingly move their applications and assets to the cloud.

With the White House's recently released Cloud Smart Strategy, adopting a streamlined, risk-based approach to cloud security is top-of-mind for U.S. federal agencies. Palo Alto Networks is committed to offering advanced cybersecurity protections to help U.S. government and affiliated organizations meet their needs as they move to adopt cloud technologies.  

WildFire automatically detects and stops unknown attacks, helping tens of thousands of customers prevent the latest threats from successfully carrying out attacks in their networks. The service delivers automated prevention measures in as few as five minutes following first discovery anywhere in the world.

"We are proud to achieve FedRAMP Ready status for WildFire. This latest milestone is a signal of the confidence that the U.S. public sector has in WildFire's ability to identify and protect against cyberthreats," said John Davis, vice president and federal chief security officer at Palo Alto Networks, and vice president of Palo Alto Networks LLC. "As we enter the final stage of the FedRAMP authorization process, we look forward to working with federal agencies to bolster the security of their operations and critical data in the cloud."

FedRAMP provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for U.S. government agencies' use of cloud-based products and services. Federal agencies depend on this program to help protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. 

About Palo Alto Networks

We are the global cybersecurity leader, known for always challenging the security status quo. Our mission is to protect our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. This has given us the privilege of safely enabling tens of thousands of organizations and their customers. Our pioneering Security Operating Platform emboldens their digital transformation with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in security, automation, and analytics. By delivering a true platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of change-makers like us, we provide highly effective and innovative cybersecurity across clouds, networks, and mobile devices.