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Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Revolutionize Cybersecurity with AI

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Cloud, Cortex, SOC, GDC, Google Cloud, Organization, Palo Alto Networks, Partnership, PANW, BigQuery, AI, LAS, CDSS, Security operations center, NGFW, Network equipment provider

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Next '24, LAS VEGAS -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, and Google Cloud today announced the most significant expansion of their partnership to date. Palo Alto Networks has extended and increased its commitment to Google Cloud with a ten-figure, multi-year commitment and named Google Cloud its AI and infrastructure provider of choice. Google Cloud has long considered Palo Alto Networks its preferred next-generation firewall (NGFW) provider, and the expanded agreement solidifies that relationship. The alliance also underscores the critical importance of platformization fueled by AI to automate and consolidate multiple solutions, and deliver near-real-time security resolutions.

Key Points: 
  • Palo Alto Networks has extended and increased its commitment to Google Cloud with a ten-figure, multi-year commitment and named Google Cloud its AI and infrastructure provider of choice.
  • Google Cloud has long considered Palo Alto Networks its preferred next-generation firewall (NGFW) provider, and the expanded agreement solidifies that relationship.
  • "The increased depth of Palo Alto Network's partnership with Google Cloud empowers customers to transform their digital futures without sacrificing security.
  • Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud have partnered since 2018 to transform cybersecurity.

Versa Next Generation Firewall Achieves Recommended Rating and 99.90% Security Effectiveness Score from Independent Testing Lab CyberRatings.org in Cloud Network Firewall Evaluation

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Telecommunications, Satellite, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Security, Cloud, RSA, Conference, Organization, NGFW, Palo Alto Networks, Environment, WatchGuard, Research, AWS, Barracuda, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Data-rate units, Fortinet, Network, Network throughput, Online shopping

Versa achieved an overall security effectiveness score of 99.90% with the fastest Rated Throughput of any vendor.

Key Points: 
  • Versa achieved an overall security effectiveness score of 99.90% with the fastest Rated Throughput of any vendor.
  • As a result of CyberRatings’ rigorous testing of 11 cloud network firewall vendors, Versa NGFW once again demonstrated superior performance, security effectiveness, and value.
  • CyberRatings.org uses empirical data from their testing to illustrate the relative value of security investment options for the cloud network firewall products tested.
  • Using the AWS cloud and CyberRatings’ Austin, Texas, facility, the organization conducted an independent test of Versa Operating System against the Cloud Firewall Test Methodology v2.1.

Cato Unveils Industry First AI-driven Networking and Security Incident Detection and Response

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Cloud, NOC, SOC, Azure, Synthetic media, BGP, Algorithm, XDR, Environment, Network, Cato Networks, IPS, Extended detection and response, Collaboration, AI, SLA, Root cause analysis, ESI, SWG, Engineering, CASB, Language, Element Solutions, TEL, NGFW, Risk management

"With our converged security and networking platform, we leverage advances in one domain, in this case security, to help another domain -- networking," says Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks. "Our security-trained AI has now been expanded to help NOC teams become smarter, faster, and more proactive than ever. This is the value of a true SASE platform."

Key Points: 
  • TEL AVIV, Israel, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cato Networks , the leader in SASE, announced the addition of network incident detection and response tools to the Cato SASE Cloud platform.
  • "With our converged security and networking platform, we leverage advances in one domain, in this case security, to help another domain -- networking," says Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks.
  • Once NOC teams act, Cato provides them with a complete set of incident response tools.
  • To learn more about Cato Networks, Network Stories, and the power of Cato XDR, visit Extended Detection and Response (XDR) .

Cato Unveils Industry First AI-driven Networking and Security Incident Detection and Response

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Cloud, NOC, SOC, Azure, Synthetic media, BGP, Algorithm, XDR, Environment, Network, Cato Networks, IPS, Extended detection and response, Collaboration, AI, SLA, Root cause analysis, ESI, SWG, Engineering, CASB, Language, Element Solutions, TEL, NGFW, Risk management

"With our converged security and networking platform, we leverage advances in one domain, in this case security, to help another domain -- networking," says Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks. "Our security-trained AI has now been expanded to help NOC teams become smarter, faster, and more proactive than ever. This is the value of a true SASE platform."

Key Points: 
  • TEL AVIV, Israel, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cato Networks , the leader in SASE, announced the addition of network incident detection and response tools to the Cato SASE Cloud platform.
  • "With our converged security and networking platform, we leverage advances in one domain, in this case security, to help another domain -- networking," says Shlomo Kramer, CEO and co-founder of Cato Networks.
  • Once NOC teams act, Cato provides them with a complete set of incident response tools.
  • To learn more about Cato Networks, Network Stories, and the power of Cato XDR, visit Extended Detection and Response (XDR) .

Next-generation Firewall Market worth $8.6 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, IPsec, Investment, Check Point, Growth, SME, Organization, WatchGuard, SIEM, Virtual private network, SSL, SOAR, Wildfire, Next, Firewall, NGFW, Cato Networks, Cloud computing, Microsoft, Partnership, Azure, SSL/TLS, Digital India, Classification, MEA, SonicWall, NVIDIA, AI, Intelligence, DNS, Secure, ASIC, URL, Policy, Barracuda Networks, Travel, Risk management

The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.

Key Points: 
  • The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.
  • To provide detailed information related to the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To analyze opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To profile the key players of the Next-generation Firewall Market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies in the market.

Next-generation Firewall Market worth $8.6 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, IPsec, Investment, Check Point, Growth, SME, Organization, WatchGuard, SIEM, Virtual private network, SSL, SOAR, Wildfire, Next, Firewall, NGFW, Cato Networks, Cloud computing, Microsoft, Partnership, Azure, SSL/TLS, Digital India, Classification, MEA, SonicWall, NVIDIA, AI, Intelligence, DNS, Secure, ASIC, URL, Policy, Barracuda Networks, Travel, Risk management

The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.

Key Points: 
  • The cloud/virtual deployment mode has the largest market size in the Next-generation Firewall Market due to several factors such as agility, scalability, reduced hardware costs, simplified management, and improved accessibility.
  • To provide detailed information related to the major factors (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges) influencing the growth of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To analyze opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the Next-generation Firewall Market.
  • To profile the key players of the Next-generation Firewall Market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies in the market.

Check Point Software Technologies Triumphs in Miercom’s 2024 Next Generation Firewall Benchmark Report

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Monday, February 5, 2024
Product management, SAN, IPS, Igneous intrusion, Security, URL, NGFW, Machine learning, Intrusion detection system, Deep learning, Risk, Cryptocurrency

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, revealed today that its Check Point Infinity Platform has achieved an outstanding 99.8% block rate on Zero+1 day Malware, and a 100% phishing prevention score in Miercom’s Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Security Benchmark 2024 report.

Key Points: 
  • SAN CARLOS, Calif., Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, revealed today that its Check Point Infinity Platform has achieved an outstanding 99.8% block rate on Zero+1 day Malware, and a 100% phishing prevention score in Miercom’s Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Security Benchmark 2024 report.
  • Check Point’s next generation firewall was superior in advanced threat prevention and offers the best protection against the latest generation of cyberattacks including Zero+1 Day new Malware.
  • Check Point did exceptionally well at blocking attacks in the first 24 hours, which is the window of highest risk for enterprises”, said Rob Smithers, CEO at Miercom.
  • As a result, we proudly award Check Point with the Miercom Certified Secure certification in recognition of their superior competitive performance and exceptional value.”
    “The Check Point Infinity platform continuously sets new threat prevention benchmarks for the cyber security industry,” said Eyal Manor, VP of Product Management at Check Point Software.

NIST Validates Nubeva’s Breakthrough in TLS 1.3 Decryption Technology

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
SAN, TLS 1.3, Secure, Internet, NGFW, Secure access service edge, TLS, Special, SWG, Privacy, SKI, NIST, TLS 1.2, Face, Organization, Medical device

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nubeva Technologies (TSX-V: NBVA), a leader in next-generation decryption solutions, is proud to announce that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has validated its Nubeva SKI Technology as a leading solution for the TLS visibility problem. This endorsement is detailed in NIST's Special Publication 1800-37B, which addresses the significant challenges enterprises face with TLS 1.3 visibility.

Key Points: 
  • TLS 1.3, while offering enhanced security and performance, disrupts traditional traffic inspection techniques used by enterprises for monitoring their internal TLS 1.2 traffic.
  • Nubeva's patented key extraction technology meets these needs by enabling enterprise decryption of TLS 1.3 traffic, including pinned certificate traffic, for security and visibility.
  • "As with any pioneering technology, our approach to decryption of TLS 1.3 raised industry questions.
  • Nubeva's technology aligns with the key management-based solutions outlined in NIST SP 1800-37B, ensuring a seamless transition from TLS 1.2 to TLS 1.3.

Versa Networks Launches Industry’s First Unified SASE Gateway that Scales Beyond 100 Gbps

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Security, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, VoIP, Data-rate units, Network, Architecture, ZTNA, Research, URL, VOS, Versa, DLP, ESG, SWG, NGFW, CASB, Acceleration, Unified, Zero trust security model, TCO, Dell, Organization, Video game

Versa Networks, the global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced availability of a new line of Unified SASE gateways delivering 100+ Gbps throughput to meet the growing need for compute scale, driven by the industry’s increased convergence of networking and security.

Key Points: 
  • Versa Networks, the global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced availability of a new line of Unified SASE gateways delivering 100+ Gbps throughput to meet the growing need for compute scale, driven by the industry’s increased convergence of networking and security.
  • Versa’s new gateways combine high-performance hardware with the Versa Operating System (VOS™), Versa’s converged SASE software stack built on a single-pass architecture.
  • To meet this critical need, Versa has certified two new high-performance appliances that provide 100+ Gbps throughput – the Versa CSG5000 and the Dell PowerEdge R7515.
  • When deployed with VOS, these appliances deliver unprecedented performance , including up to 120 Gbps of firewall throughput, 100 Gbps of SD-WAN throughput, and 40 Gbps of Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) throughput.

VulnCheck Unveils New Intelligence Capabilities to Track Vulnerable Internet-Connected Devices and Attacker Infrastructure

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Technology, Internet, Other Technology, Security, Palo Alto Networks, IP, Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet, Intelligence, Blog, Web analytics, NGFW, Data, ICD, Arms industry

VulnCheck , the exploit intelligence company, today announced the launch of IP Intelligence, a new feature set designed to provide real-time tracking of attacker infrastructure and vulnerable IP’s on the internet.

Key Points: 
  • VulnCheck , the exploit intelligence company, today announced the launch of IP Intelligence, a new feature set designed to provide real-time tracking of attacker infrastructure and vulnerable IP’s on the internet.
  • VulnCheck IP Intelligence compiles data from popular Internet-Connected Device (ICD) datasets and cross-references it against VulnCheck exploit and vulnerability intelligence information to generate unique threat intelligence insights around ICDs and attacker command and control (C2) infrastructure.
  • “Attack surface management and the openness of the internet is the biggest security challenge businesses face today,” said Jacob Baines, CTO, VulnCheck.
  • By combining NGFWs with VulnCheck's new intelligence features, security teams can block VulnCheck-discovered C2 infrastructure automatically and in real-time, without manual updates.