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AI-Powered Firewall as a Service, Built for Azure
Simplify and scale consistent, real-time security across all your Azure workloads.
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Experience the future of real-time cloud security.
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PERFORMANCEWhy Cloud NGFW for Azure?
Why Cloud NGFW for Azure?
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Infrastructure to manage
Cut overhead costs
99.4%
Security efficacy, according to SecureIQLab
Rely on the industry leader
99.99%
Uptime SLA
Stay up and running
Block evasive threats
Cloud NGFW enforces segmentation, prevents lateral movement and stops command-and-control traffic inside your Azure VNets.
Prevent misconfigurations
Azure-native Application Insights integration gives organizations real-time insights into health, usage and performance. Deploy using Azure solution templates or APIs, automate policies, and gain native telemetry and logging.
Integrate scalable security
Multidimensional scaling options provide elastic workload protection. Protect applications and data with ML-powered threat prevention and centralized control — built for cloud speed and scale.
FEATURES
Discover simplicity and strength from the industry leader in firewalls.
Side by side, there’s no comparison.
Palo Alto Networks Software Firewalls
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Native CSP Cloud Firewalls
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Continuous Risk Assessment | Total, Real-Time Visibility | Limited, Static Visibility |
Advanced Layer 7 Threat Prevention | Best-in-Class Threat Prevention | Outdated, Ineffective Filtering |
East-West Traffic Security | Complete Internal Protection | Minimal Lateral Threat Detection |
FREE TRIAL
Get the Azure-native experience. Launch in minutes, stay protected for the long term.
- Deploy immediately from the Azure portal
- Use existing Azure credits (MACC) to simplify billing
- Manage everything via Azure or Strata Cloud Manager for total hybrid cloud visibility
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloud NGFW for Azure is a fully managed cloud-native next-generation firewall service delivered by Palo Alto Networks on the Azure platform.
It provides best-in-class security with the ease of use of a cloud-native service, eliminating the operational overhead of managing infrastructure.
Cloud NGFW is a fully managed service, while the VM-Series is a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) that customers must build and self-manage.
Cloud NGFW supports deployment architectures such as hub-and-spoke virtual networks and Virtual WAN.
It is priced per hour plus per GB of traffic processed, with options to add security capabilities like Advanced Threat Prevention.