Using WildFire has reduced the number of viruses and the amount of malware that comes into our system, which means that I don't have to rely on the end-users to identify it. This results in less chance that our systems will get infected. I would estimate that there has been a 15% - 20% reduction in that kind of stuff getting through.

Palo Alto Networks WildFire has played a crucial role in enhancing our organization's capability to detect and prevent zero-day attacks, particularly when integrated into our comprehensive cybersecurity solution alongside XDR.

Most competitors call themselves a layer seven inspection device yet are not in the true sense able to do this task as well as Palo Alto. Some require additional subscriptions to enable their version of a layer seven inspection service.

Details as to how that accomplishes the tasks of layer seven inspections, how often their updates are published and available to the public, their method of publishing these updates to protect the internal production traffic, and the cost of the subscription, if required to fulfill the layer seven protection, should be asked of all vendors being considered.

I have worked as a VAR and an MSSP and know that the labor cost of Palo Alto is much lower than its competition in every way.

WildFire has significantly enhanced our organization's ability to detect and respond to new threats, especially phishing attacks. It serves as a comprehensive repository of security incidents, providing us with a vast database of threat intelligence. With WildFire in place, we feel more confident and relaxed, knowing that even if our firewall lacks immediate knowledge about a threat, WildFire will provide the necessary information to take action effectively.

• Much more visibility during an attack lifecycle; found a lot of infected hosts and vulnerabilities.

We release the email and the network traffic but also analyze the file. We can do it concurrently before we release the actual traffic to the end user when we have already completed the analysis.

We use this with different clients in the financial sphere, the health sector, and the insurance sector. Across all of these different verticals, we use this product.

We haven't had a virus. That is a good thing. It makes my job easier. For the organization as a whole, no viruses mean people keep their jobs, which is a good thing.

It is an outstanding solution. It is one of the top solutions out there from what we have tested, and we have even tested Cisco Firepower.

This solution has given us a higher level of assurance that we don't have an active threat.

This product/feature is an enhancement to traditional company/corporate AV and VP solutions, not a replacement. As such, it strengthens existing protections and provides significant visibility into files and applications that are moving through the company's systems.

Nowadays, this product is very important for customers because there are a large number of zero-day attacks. It gives them a sense of security and confidence because you never know what type of malware will be invented tomorrow.

There are always problems with the operational files. You can only do malware identification. That is the way that this device functions.

All of the traffic is scanned in a single flow, which improves the response times for the user. This is how Palo Alto Networks WildFire helps our organization.

Palo Alto Networks WildFire can detect many types of attacks that are using malware embedded on files/URLs with minimum time, and it can increase the effectiveness of resources (time and people) to prevent the malware.

It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's the next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN. 

WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them. When Wannacry first came out, wildfire was detecting it and dropping incoming threats within seconds. We were dropping over 10,000 files per day with no additional firewall load at all.

From a technical perspective this has given us a new high as this is how a technology solution should function. From a sales perspective, we have been able to pitch the solution to new customers as it seems cheap to customers when we bundle the solution, compared to getting each device for individual functions.

It has allowed me to stop new attacks before they could gain a foothold in my network.

The reporting feature helps our performance. 

Well, I work as a security consultant, so one of my functions is to help and provide to the end users with recommendations about technologies or process to secure their network. So, one of my customer decide to migrate from TMG/UMG to Palo Alto, it took a while, but during this process, I showed them many ways to improve their current security with Palo Alto, and after a while, they are very comfortable with the technology, for them now, it is easier to apply some kind of web filtering or application filtering than the past.

The cloud-based services are a nice feature.

We have the ability to see what traffic is coming and going in a much deeper and more detailed fashion. We have also found, and stopped, several malware applications before they infected the endpoints.

Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones.

It provides the enhancing network and endpoint security for the client through its IDA and IPS system filtering.

The solution has helped our company stay secure from the security features it provides.