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Articles: The Ultimate Guide to Palo Alto Networks Software NGFW (Flex) Credits. How NGFW credits work, Renewal considerations, Online Credit Estimator, Deployment Profiles	Read
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Articles: Palo Alto Firewall Configuration Options. Tap Mode, Virtual Wire, Layer 2 & Layer 3 Deployment modes	Read
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Enterprises have been successfully running WAN optimization appliances at their many distributed sites for years. The devices have done a good job of…

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Palo Alto Firewall Configuration Options. Tap Mod…

Our previous article explained how Palo Alto Firewalls make use of Security Zones to process and enforce security policies. This article will explain…

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Security Service Edge (SSE) Limitations & Disadva…

This article explores the Security Service Edge (SSE) portion of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and the need for holistic cybersecurity protection…

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Complete Guide to SD-WAN. Technology Benefits, SD…

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Enterprises have been successfully running WAN optimization appliances at their many distributed sites for years. The devices have done a good job of…

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Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is changing the way that businesses connect to the cloud. With SD-WAN, organizations can move away fro…

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Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is an architecture widely regarded as the future of enterprise networking and security. In previous articles we tal…