If you rely on SaaS or cloud-based delivery models for business-critical applications, there is a compelling need for per-application policy enforcement without increasing remote office infrastructure. Traditional hardware-based approaches are limited by heavy-handed all-or-nothing policies for direct-to-internet versus policy enforcement per-application. Additionally, because router-based approaches are packet-based versus application-session-based, they fail to meet application session-symmetry requirements, causing network and security outages.

The integration of Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access for Networks enables customers to have a lightweight remote office hardware footprint, while still providing a full suite of application-specific security policies.

To facilitate this integration, Palo Alto Networks provides Prisma SD-WAN CloudBlades that automatically integrate the Prisma SD-WAN Controller, Remote Prisma SD-WAN IONs, Prisma Access for Networks (Cloud Managed) / Prisma Access for Networks (managed by Panorama).