With Cloud NGFW for Azure, customers benefit from: This collaboration between Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft combines the scalability and reliability of Azure with Palo Alto Networks expertise to help safeguard our customers against the latest threats,” said Julia Liuson, president, Microsoft Developer Division at Microsoft. With the preview release of the Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall) for Azure, we are pleased to expand our ecosystem of native ISV solutions and provide customers and developers with more options to meet their security needs. “At Microsoft, we are dedicated to ensuring that Microsoft Azure is the most trusted and secure cloud platform. This solution provides enterprises with the agility they need to compete in today’s fast-paced business environment, while ensuring that their cloud applications are secure and protected by industry-leading technology.“ “With Cloud NGFW for Azure, an ML-powered NGFW delivered as an Azure-native ISV service, organizations can confidently migrate to the cloud and run applications at cloud speed and scale “Enterprises are keen to move to the cloud quickly without compromising their on-prem security standards,” said Anand Oswal, senior vice president of Network Security at Palo Alto Networks. Cloud NGFW for Azure also integrates with Azure Virtual WAN deployments, enabling customers to protect traffic across their entire network. Additionally, the service is fully managedby Palo Alto Networks, so customers don’t need to worry about scaling, resilience and software updates.

Powered by AI and ML, it can stop known, unknown and zero-day threats, enabling customers to safely and more quickly migrate their applications to Azure.Īs an Azure-native ISV Service by Palo Alto Networks, Cloud NGFW for Azure is fast andpainless to procure and deploy from the Azure portal. Cloud NGFW for Azure offers a comprehensive security solution with industry-leading capabilities such as Advanced Threat Prevention, Advanced URL Filtering, WildFire and DNS Security. Palo Alto Networks is bringing its industry-leadingML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) to Microsoft Azure as a fully managed Azure-native ISV service.

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