Threats do not discriminate between application delivery vectors, requiring an approach, that has full visibility into all application traffic, including SSL encrypted content, with full user context. Threat Prevention leverages the visibility of the firewall to inspect all traffic, automatically preventing known threats, regardless of port, protocol or SSL encryption. The majority of attacks and exposure to malicious content occurs during the normal course of web browsing activities, which requires the ability to allow safe, secure web access for all users. URL Filtering with PAN-DB automatically prevents attacks, that leverage the web as an attack vector, including phishing links in emails, phishing sites, HTTP-based command and control, malicious sites and pages that carry exploit kits.
The GlobalProtect Portal provides the management functions for your GlobalProtect infrastructure. Every endpoint, that participates in the GlobalProtect network receives configuration information from the portal, including information about available gateways as well as any client certificates, that may be required to connect to the gateways. In addition, the portal controls the behavior and distribution of the GlobalProtect agent software to both Mac and Windows laptops. Palo Alto Networks WildFire cloud-based threat analysis service is the advanced analysis and prevention engine for highly evasive zero-day exploits and malware. The service employs a unique multi-technique approach, combining dynamic and static analysis, innovative machine learning techniques, and a groundbreaking bare metal analysis environment to detect and prevent even the evasive threats.