Palo Alto Security Infrastructure
Industry: Financial Services
Project Drivers:
- Outdated Juniper firewall technology was End-of-Life
- No robust firewalls protecting the client’s Internet Edge
- Firewalls were legacy Layer 3/4 architecture
- Malware and intrusion threats
- Multiple methods of protection required (i.e. Juniper firewall and Websense URL Filtering)
Solution Components:
- Palo Alto Security Infrastructure consisting of the following:
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- Panorama Virtual Machine (VM) (Centralized Management server)
- Two PA-3020 firewalls in a High Availability (HA) pair for the Internet
- Two PA-3020 firewalls in a High Availability (HA) pair for the Extranet (customer-facing applications)
- Panorama for managing rules and dynamic security updates
Impact:
- The solution addressed the client’s requirements for having a Next-Gen firewall, threat protection, URL filtering, User-ID, and centralized management
- The solution provided a more robust security platform for the organization that folded two platforms (firewall and URL filtering) into one and provided the client with meaningful reporting
- The solution transformed the client into a more secure business from a cyber threat response perspective