Application Layer Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewalls enable enterprises to see and control applications, users, and content – not just ports, IP addresses, and packets – using three unique identification technologies: App-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID. These identification technologies enable enterprises to create business-relevant security policies – safely enabling organizations to adopt new applications, instead of the traditional “all-or-nothing” approach offered by traditional port-blocking firewalls.

Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewalls are based on unique Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) Architecture , enabling low latency, multi-Gbps performance –while delivering greater functionality than any other type of security device.

Single Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) Architecture

The Single Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) Architecture – which enables high-throughput, low-latency network security, even while incorporating unprecedented features and technology.

Palo Alto Networks solves the performance problems that plague today’s security infrastructure with the SP3 architecture, which combines two complementary components: Single Pass software and Parallel Processing hardware.

The results is the perfect mix of raw throughput, transaction processing and network security that today’s high performance networks require.