Palo Alto Networks has resolved earlier identified issues and submitted the associated fixes to NSS Labs for a follow-on test. NSS has completed follow-on testing and this report represents the verified results for the Palo Alto Networks PA-5250 PAN-OS 8.0.3-h4.

TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION: NSS Labs defines a firewall as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network from an untrusted network while allowing authorized communications to pass from one side to the other. With the emergence of new web applications and security threats, however, firewalls are further evolving. Next generation firewalls (NGFWs) have traditionally been deployed to defend the network perimeter, but enterprise deployment options are expanding to include internal segmentation. NSS research indicates that NGFW devices are typically deployed to protect users rather than data center assets, and that the majority of enterprises will not separately tune intrusion prevention system (IPS) modules within their NGFWs.