Rethinking Network Firewall Requirements for Midsize Organizations

Midsize organizations face many of the same challenges as their enterprise counterparts but have fewer resources with which to address them. They must support cloud and AI adoption and protect against a diverse threat landscape but do not have the resources or expertise to manage many disconnected point tools. While some think of the firewall as a basic, foundational security control, it has evolved to be much more. Today, next-generationfirewall (NGFW) platforms offer a variety of capabilities, with some providing unified protection for different locations and form factors. Palo Alto Networks is one example, offering both hardware and software firewalls that cover office, data center, and cloud locations with advanced security capabilities to protect everything from AI to IoT.