Applications are at the core of the Prisma SD-WAN solution. ION devices deployed in the network actively analyze each application flow to ensure that policies for performance, compliance, and security are maintained, and optimum network connections are used for each flow. Prisma SD-WAN identifies each flow using various techniques such as prefix, port, signature, and SaaS. It leverages this information to build a dynamic application map cache, ensuring an optimal first packet match experience.

Prisma SD-WAN now supports over 4,000 system applications.