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Palo Alto Networks Named a Leader in Inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls
AI-Powered Strata Cloud Manager Recognized for Unified Protection and Simplified Operations for the New Era of Network Security SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 28,
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[{"type":"text","content":"AI-Powered Strata Cloud Manager Recognized for Unified Protection and Simplified Operations for the New Era of Network Security\nSANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has been named a Leader in the inaugural 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls. The Palo Alto Networks hybrid mesh firewall management solution, Strata™ Cloud Manager, unifies network security, eliminating the need to manage different tools and platforms, reducing operational complexity and potential security gaps.\nModern organizations struggle to manage and secure complex, highly dynamic environments, which can span on-premises data centers, remote work locations, and private and public clouds. Palo Alto Networks Hybrid Mesh Firewall, managed by Strata™ Cloud Manager, addresses this challenge by unifying security across hardware, virtual, cloud-native, and container deployments through a single, cloud-based platform. This approach is designed to reduce operational complexity and eliminate the security gaps that can arise from using multiple, disconnected tools.\nJohn Wheeler, Chief Security Officer, Cognizant\"Our mission at Cognizant is to engineer modern businesses to improve everyday lives, and we are dedicated to preventing cyberattacks from disrupting that mission. With the threat landscape being radically changed by AI-powered attackers, multicloud architectures, along with high-potential shifts on the horizon around quantum computing, we need a cybersecurity partner with a powerful vision and a proven ability to execute. Palo Alto Networks continuous innovation and leadership in the market are exactly the capabilities that make them our partner of choice for cybersecurity.\"\nPalo Alto Networks Hybrid Mesh Firewall provides customers with unified, intelligent protection by continuously training security services with deep learning and GenAI on a wide range of data to automatically assess threat severity and make intelligent policy enforcement decisions. This unified platform brings together diverse firewall deployments under a shared policy, automation, and threat prevention model, enabling organizations to move faster while staying ahead of threats.\nRich Campagna, SVP Products, Palo Alto Networks\"With hybrid work and multicloud adoption...