Palo Alto Networks announces new capabilities to enhance its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution. Among other things, there will be functions to secure the Internet of Things and automate store management with AI-supported capabilities.

These enhancements enable organizations to automate increasingly complex information technology through the natively integrated AIOps. Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM), as Palo Alto calls its natively integrated AIOps capability, helps customers automate complex IT and network management functions. This increases productivity in companies and solves problems faster.

According to SiliconANGLE, Palo Alto’s new ADEM solution brings several benefits. This makes it possible to proactively resolve issues that can lead to service disruptions through AI-based problem detection and predictive analytics.

SD-WAN Innovations

To complement its ADEM solution, Palo Alto introduces three new SD-WAN innovations:

• Prisma SD-WAN command center is an AI-powered dashboard that provides AI-driven and segment-by-segment insights along with constant network and app monitoring for proactive store-level issue resolution
• Prisma SD-WAN with built-in IoT security enables accurate discovery and identification of IoT devices in branch offices.
• On-prem controller for Prisma SD-WAN helps customers meet their industry-specific security needs and works with on-premises and cloud controller deployments. Customers can deploy Prisma SD-WAN via the cloud management console, on-premises controllers, or both in a hybrid scenario.

Cloud SWG

Cloud SWG offers agent-based proxy support and phishing detection. The solution helps organizations that want to migrate proxy-based architectures to a SASE-based Cloud Secure Web Gateway. Palo Alto introduces agent-based proxy support with Prisma Access, allowing customers to enjoy superior cloud-delivered security without making changes to their network.

Prisma Access Cloud SWG uses Palo Alto advanced URL filtering to prevent unknown man-in-the-middle and SaaS phishing attacks. The company itself claims that Prisma Access Cloud SWG is one step ahead of threats to protect customers with AI and machine learning detections.

The new features will be available from May 2023. The Prisma SD-WAN Command Center is slightly delayed and will be available in July.