Namtek Partner Earns “Recommended” Rating in Next Generation Firewall Test

April 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Bedford, NH, April 23, 2012 – Namtek Partner, Palo Alto Networks, was selected as one of only two firewall vendors given a “Recommended” rating by NSS Labs, a renowned independent product research and testing company. The rating is a result of an intensive product test of seven data security vendors. For Palo Alto alone, NSS Labs tested almost 1,500 live exploits—an impressive 95% of these attacks were effectively blocked, earning Palo Alto the highest rating given to any Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) in the study. NSS Labs defines NGFWs as integrating, at a minimum, firewall, Intrusion Prevention, application identification & control, and user & group policies into a single solution.

The NSS Labs study found that Palo Alto Networks successfully enforced both inbound and outbound traffic rules of great complexity. Across the board, the Palo Alto system tested identified applications correctly and took appropriate actions aligned with application policies. For instance, the Palo Alto NGFW correctly blocked IM file transfers while allowing instant messages.  

Palo Alto Networks CMO, Rene Bonvanie, highlights his company’s ongoing effort to stay ahead of the game in the ever-changing IT security landscape—an endeavor that is proving successful by the results of this latest NSS Labs test.

ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks™ is the network security company. Its next-generation firewalls enable unprecedented visibility and granular policy control of applications and content – by user, not just IP address – at up to 20Gbps with no performance degradation. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately identify and control applications – regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption – and scan content to stop threats and prevent data leakage. Enterprises can for the first time embrace Web 2.0 and maintain complete visibility and control, while significantly reducing total cost of ownership through device consolidation. Most recently, Palo Alto Networks has enabled enterprises to extend protection over all types of traffic, applications, and threats to remote users with the release of GlobalProtect™.

ABOUT NAMTEK
Namtek is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Bedford, NH. Namtek's Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) practice solves complex security challenges for some of the most critical assets in the nation. Namtek has carefully prepared a selection of critical security controls and services resulting in our highly effective Assess, Remediate & Monitor (ARM)™ methodology. With this methodology Namtek assesses, architects and implements the technologies, policies and procedures that most effectively protect your sensitive data assets. For more information, visit us on the web at http://www.namtek.com or contact Karyn Pritz at kpritz@namtek.com or 603-488-6615.