Palo Alto Networks® (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced two new security solutions to help organizations confidently navigate the evolving quantum landscape, and to keep pace with highly dynamic cloud and AI environments. These innovations provide enterprises with the visibility, agility and robust defenses needed to accelerate their quantum readiness and secure their workloads in a multicloud world.
Anand Oswal, SVP and GM of Network Security, Palo Alto Networks
“The quantum threat to encryption is no longer theoretical; it’s an inevitability that demands action now. With these latest innovations that cover the entire quantum readiness lifecycle, we are pioneering the defense for this new era. Every Palo Alto Networks customer that uses our latest software will be able to accelerate their journey to becoming quantum safe, with the intelligence and infrastructure needed to proactively secure their most critical assets from tomorrow’s threats, today.”
Palo Alto Networks delivers a comprehensive approach to quantum readiness across the enterprise. As the first step, Next-Generation Firewall and Secure Access Service Edge customers gain complete visibility and control over their cryptographic risk posture through the company’s Quantum Readiness Dashboard. Next, for applications that don’t natively support quantum safe encryption, this release introduces the industry’s first cipher translation, which instantly upgrades any application to be quantum safe. Palo Alto Networks is also introducing Quantum-Optimized Hardware — 14 new 5th-generation Next-Generation Firewall models — that future-proof security investments with high-performance processing of post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Pete Finalle, Research Manager, Security and Trust Team, IDC
“The increased urgency to achieve quantum readiness, coupled with the proliferation of multicloud environments and rapid advancements in AI, has created a complex and fragmented security landscape for the modern enterprise. This has created blind spots and inconsistent policies for businesses striving to establish a resilient zero trust architecture. Palo Alto Networks proactively addressing quantum computing threats with ‘crypto agility’ is a key differentiator. Additionally, highly scalable software firewalls with complete deployment automation and native microsegmentation address critical visibility and operational challenges in network security.”
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