Palo Alto Networks K2-Series Valuable Features

Hamada Elewa - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration

This Palo Alto firewall is easy to manage. You just implement it and forget about it. The Panorama management tool is very easy to use.

The documentation is good.

View full review »
Vishal-Gilatar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior President and Zonal Business Head at YES BANK

I have found the threat profile feature valuable.

View full review »
TD
Chef manager at Secure360

The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario.

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Palo Alto Networks K2-Series. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
770,292 professionals have used our research since 2012.
MM
Security Presales Architect at BARQ Systems

I find the ease of use and reliability the most valuable features of the solution.

View full review »
YS
Cybersec Consultant at Freelance

We enjoy the amount of visibility we have in terms of security within our infrastructure.

The initial setup is very easy.

The product scales well.

We've found the solution offers us good stability.

Technical support is helpful and responsive. 

The pricing is reasonable. 

View full review »
PF
IT Specialist at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Our organization liked the fact that it wasn't just firewalls that handled addresses and ports. It also handles actual URL inspections. 

The solution is at the cutting edge of technology. 

The solution has good at controlling restricted access.

Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point.

The solution is very strong from a security standpoint.

View full review »
MK
Industrial Controls Advisor at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally.  

View full review »
Kyaw Bo Bo Htun - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at One Cloud

The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear.

View full review »
it_user1298121 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security & Virtualization at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The thing I like the most about Palo Alto is that the IPS system is the strongest you can get. Even if you check with resources like the NSS Labs or Gardner — anywhere else — they all say it has the strongest IPS. It holds true even over the past five years. They are the leaders in the field.  

The reason I believe in my eyes that the IPS is the most valuable feature in Palo Alto is that the IPS is basically protecting everything. I think every two or three hours the database for the IPS signatures gets updated.  

One more feature of Palo Alto, which is not in Fortinet if you compare, is decryption. Palo Alto firewalls are doing SSL inspection and they are doing decryption as well. If we need SSL inbound inspection it is available in Palo Alto but Fortinet does not have this feature. They are not doing SSL inbound inspection. It is one more thing I would like to include as a positive feature of Palo Alto in my opinion.  

View full review »
AA
Incident Monitoring Analyst at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I like the tool's WildFire feature. 

View full review »
AS
CSD Manager at BTC

The most valuable features are the virtualization of the firewall and the antivirus.

View full review »
Ishtiaq Haider - PeerSpot reviewer
VP Sales/Pre Sales at Comstar - Information Systems Associates Ltd.

The solution has the best features for parallel processing and scalability.

View full review »
YW
Senior Systems Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good.

View full review »
SureshSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI.

View full review »
MK
Network Security Engineer at network techlab

The solution is reliable and scales well.

View full review »
JP
Data Center - Assistant Group Manager (Information Security) at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

This company is a leader in the space.

The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features.

The support on the solution is excellent.

The initial setup is pretty easy.

View full review »
RT
Communications Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The deep inspection functionality is great.

The solution scales well.

As long as the solution is kept updated, it's pretty stable. 

The solution provides a lot of value to the client.

View full review »
AN
Instrutor at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors. 

View full review »
HA
Security Technical Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application.

The WildFire feature is very good.

Using Panorama and the web interface makes it easy to manage.

View full review »
SI
Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It's a very good product, simple to use. The visibility is very, very important, and that's good with Palo Alto. The solution has simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories, which the endpoint traps by cloud which is very important. It's an easy firewall, very easy to configure, to monitor, and to use. It's easier than Forte, for example. 

View full review »
AJ
System Engineer at E-smart systems

For me personally, the support, in general, is the feature I have found most valuable.

Palo Alto boasts a lot of great features that cover all markets from small businesses to large enterprises.

It's very easy to see everything on the dashboards. 

It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios for monitoring and reporting.

View full review »
it_user1057956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hardware Engineer with 51-200 employees

The most valuable feature is security.

View full review »
it_user1350909 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at Infort

Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good. It includes signatures for the domains and machine learning functionality. It is currently the most popular feature for our customers.

View full review »
OH
Network Engineer at a international affairs institute with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature is availability.

View full review »
MR
System Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers. 

View full review »
SS
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting.

View full review »
HA
Security Technical Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market, and its continuous development of new technologies and features.

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Palo Alto Networks K2-Series. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
770,292 professionals have used our research since 2012.