We use the solution for network protection. Previously, I worked for a physical organization, but last year we moved to a Proof of Concept. Following the POC, we had to deploy the solution in three different geographical locations. We deployed all of the Palo Alto solutions in the hub environment and connected them to another node.
VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewall - ARM (BYOL)
Palo Alto Networks | PAN-OS 11.1.6-h7Linux/Unix, Other 11.1.6-h7 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Allows us to maintain consistent next-generation firewall protection across virtual, private, and public cloud infrastructures using a unified policy model
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
VM-Series allows us to maintain consistent next-generation firewall protection across virtual, private, and public cloud infrastructures using a unified policy model. We can use the provided templates to generate policies based on both global and local rules.
Panorama plays a vital role in allowing us to maintain a consistent security policy model across on-premises and various public cloud environments. Presently, we utilize Panorama exclusively in the cloud, spanning three different geographical locations: East Asia, Eastern U.S., and Western Europe.
Once we were able to configure Panorama's centralized management system we were able to have uninterrupted connections with no security issues.
Using Panorama helped us streamline our security policies in a cloud-based environment, saving us time. With Panorama, we no longer need to log in and manually adjust the template before transferring data, which increased our comfort level.
What is most valuable?
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series' security features are all good.
Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations.
What needs improvement?
The migration of workloads to the cloud is difficult because the cloud provider and Palo Alto Networks are different platforms. We had to research many articles online and after our research and development were completed we were able to deploy. The migration of data to the cloud can be more user-friendly and has room for improvement.
The utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement.
Sometimes we encounter licensing issues where our licenses are not activated, and as a result, we are required to redeploy. This problem could be related to VM-Series or the template image and how they are integrated with Azure Marketplace.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, we utilized Azure Firewall, but we found it to be less mature compared to Palo Alto, prompting us to switch to the latter.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward but the deployment portion is complex. We require 15 minutes for one VM deployment.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Review of Palo Alto VM series on Azure, Azure VMware services, Equinix Edge, Equinix Metal
What do you like best about the product?
Palo Alto is leader in Firewall industry and continues to grow.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface can be made simple and get easy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Deploying in private and Public clouds
Best virtual firewall product solution
What do you like best about the product?
It is beneficial for our cloud production environment, especially when isolating our DMZ and Core environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
None, as of now. We fully utilize our Palo Alto VM firewall on our environment, especially on our AWS Cloud infrastructure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used Palo Alto VM-Series firewall when securing the connection between our DMZ and Core VPC.
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What do you like best about the product?
he Palo Alto VM-Series is a comprehensive and versatile solution for securing virtualized and cloud environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing so far to dislike. if i found so definitely contact support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The VM-Series can be deployed in a high-availability cluster to provide scalability and ensure that security is maintained even during periods of high traffic or attacks.
No. #1 Secured solution for VM's
What do you like best about the product?
It's the best and most secure solution for protecting my virtual environment. I, till last month, was using a different product; due to a security breach, we moved to Palo Alto.
What do you dislike about the product?
It has no flaws, so there is no dislike at all.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It protects the virtual environment; in my case, I have integrated it with my Gateway load balancer on AWS. It is indeed a cost-saver and the most secured solution.
Review of Palo Alto VM-Series: Pros and Cons for Secure Virtualized Environments
What do you like best about the product?
Palo Alto VM-Series apart is its ability to provide advanced security capabilities such as threat prevention, application visibility, and user identification in virtualized environments. Its granular visibility and control over application traffic and the ability to apply security policies consistently across physical and virtual networks are particularly valuable in multi-cloud environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost: The VM-Series can be more expensive than other virtualized firewall solutions, and organizations may need to invest in additional licenses and hardware resources to fully utilize the product's capabilities.
Resource-intensive: Running Palo Alto VM-Series requires significant CPU and memory resources, which may not be available on smaller virtualization hosts or cloud instances. This can result in performance issues and increased infrastructure costs.
Learning curve: As with any advanced security solution, there is a learning curve associated with deploying and managing Palo Alto VM-Series. Administrators will need to familiarize themselves with the product's user interface, policies, and configurations, which can take time and effort.
Vendor lock-in: Because Palo Alto VM-Series is a proprietary solution, organizations may be locked into using it for their virtualized firewall needs. This can limit their flexibility and ability to adopt other security solutions that may be a better fit for their needs.
Limited integrations: While Palo Alto VM-Series integrates well with other Palo Alto Networks products and a variety of third-party solutions, there may be some integrations that are not available or require custom development work
Resource-intensive: Running Palo Alto VM-Series requires significant CPU and memory resources, which may not be available on smaller virtualization hosts or cloud instances. This can result in performance issues and increased infrastructure costs.
Learning curve: As with any advanced security solution, there is a learning curve associated with deploying and managing Palo Alto VM-Series. Administrators will need to familiarize themselves with the product's user interface, policies, and configurations, which can take time and effort.
Vendor lock-in: Because Palo Alto VM-Series is a proprietary solution, organizations may be locked into using it for their virtualized firewall needs. This can limit their flexibility and ability to adopt other security solutions that may be a better fit for their needs.
Limited integrations: While Palo Alto VM-Series integrates well with other Palo Alto Networks products and a variety of third-party solutions, there may be some integrations that are not available or require custom development work
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Advanced Threat Prevention: One of the biggest challenges in securing virtualized environments is detecting and preventing advanced threats, such as malware and zero-day attacks. Palo Alto VM-Series offers advanced threat prevention capabilities, including network-based malware detection, behavioral analysis, and sandboxing, which can help organizations detect and prevent advanced threats before they can cause damage.
Application Visibility and Control: Another challenge in securing virtualized environments is gaining visibility and control over application traffic. Palo Alto VM-Series provides granular visibility and control over application traffic, enabling organizations to create policies that enforce application usage and protect against data exfiltration.
Application Visibility and Control: Another challenge in securing virtualized environments is gaining visibility and control over application traffic. Palo Alto VM-Series provides granular visibility and control over application traffic, enabling organizations to create policies that enforce application usage and protect against data exfiltration.
Palo Alto VM Review
What do you like best about the product?
It is Next Gen Firewall and is very powerful to stop the attacks and the GUI is also very user friendly.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the complexity of configuring the rules.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As it is next-gen firewall, the main problem it solves is to stop the attacks by configuring the appropriate rules and lot of out of box rules.
I'm working on Palo Alto since 4 year and have great experience on Palo Alto. Palo Alto is easy to
What do you like best about the product?
Overall, Palo Alto is excellent, but I like the Zone-based policy, which is very easy to create. TAC Support is very lovely.
What do you dislike about the product?
Palo Alto is a bit expensive, but it beats the higher device available in the market regarding performance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps to solve all problems like expanding the ram & control the data plane and management plane separately.
A short Note on VM-Series Palo Alto
What do you like best about the product?
What makes VM-Series different from physical series is its scalability. We can scale the firewall as per our needs. We can deploy VM-Series just like physical ones.
What do you dislike about the product?
My overall experience with VM-Series is excellent; It is a virtual firewall, and it doesn't have any physical port, so while deploying it, we have to be very logical.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My main problem was related to cost; you can save cost by deploying a VM-Series of firewall in your network. You can scale the firewall as per your needs. You can assign memory, CPU interface as per your requirements.
I have share my experiance about this and also describe issues which i have face on daily basis.
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing of Palo Alto VM is that we can spin the firewall on many servers like Hyper-v ESXI-server, AWS, Azure, GCP etc. also we have not faced difficulty during troubleshooting and have no dependency on wires so we can easily take console or CLI access through a browser.
What do you dislike about the product?
The most disliked issue which I faced was that if you have reset the VM firewall then you lost the license as well as serial number.
If you don't remember the serial number of the firewall then you can not reterive the license directly from the firewall so either you find the serial number or check from the Palo Alto support portal.
If you don't remember the serial number of the firewall then you can not reterive the license directly from the firewall so either you find the serial number or check from the Palo Alto support portal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VM-Series firewall resolves my Hardware based dependency. Now I don't care about the wiring and cabling part.
Also, VM-Series firewalls are cheaper than hardware base and easy to take care.
Also, VM-Series firewalls are cheaper than hardware base and easy to take care.
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