Palo Alto Networks protects your network against the threats by providing multiple layers of prevention, confronting threats at each phase of the attack. The Threat Prevention subscription protects the network from advanced threats by identifying and scanning all traffic - applications, users, and content - across all ports and protocols. 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 client system 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 GlobalProtect gateway(s) and/or the Mobile Security Manager. In addition, the portal controls the behavior and distribution of the GlobalProtect agent software to the laptops
GlobalProtect gateways provide security enforcement for traffic from GlobalProtect agents/apps. Additionally, if the HIP feature is enabled, the gateway generates a HIP report from the raw host data the clients submit and can use this information in policy enforcement. WildFire cloud-based threat analysis service is the extremely advanced analysis and prevention engine for highly evasive zero-day exploits and malware. The cloud-based 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.
