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What’s Your Palo Alto NGFW Deployment Plan?

A firewall is a network security device that monitors both incoming and outgoing network traffic, and based on a set of rules, decides whether to allow or block that traffic, protecting the network....

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Tips for Security Appliance Migration & Deployment

Complete network visibility starts by using a network visibility fabric comprised of network TAPs and packet brokers, rather than relying on SPAN ports as your access method. Your monitoring and...

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[Demo] Protecting the Core with High Speed Load Balancing

I recently presented a demonstration for Palo Alto Network's Fuel User Group on the importance of implementing high speed (10G/40G/100G) load balance at the Core of the Network. Prior to beginning...

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[Demo] How to Deploy Your Palo Alto NGFW in Vwire Mode

Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewall has a flexible deployment, meaning different methods of deployment will work. Our partner, Cloud Harmonics recently authored a blog for us on this topic....

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A Practical Example: 1G In-Line and Out-of-Band Connectivity

Even if you’ve already realized the inferiority of SPAN ports and started moving to network TAPs, you still have to make sure your network design is set up for visibility into every bit, byte and...

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What’s the 2020 on Firewalls?

As businesses place more emphasis on mobility and the cloud, some corners of the industry have begun to wonder out loud about whether it's time to re-think firewalls to keep pace with today's...

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