Palo Alto Networks K2-Series Valuable Features
Krishnakumar M
enterprise architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
There is a feature called granular application controls, which I liked. Instead of relying on ports and IP addresses, they use AMP ID. This kind of solution is very good. Another valuable feature is the prevention of evasive threats, which is one of the best tools I've encountered.
SSL decryption and app ID-based SSL decryption are also impressive, along with the integration with user ID. Identity-based policies ensuring only authorized users can access specific resources are excellent features. Normally, there is something called SIM or SCIM in IDA IDM, but this feature is provided on the box, which is exemplary.
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Rajiv John
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
The application ID on the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is able to understand the application traffic, and WildFire is also good. Overall, the K2-Series helps in much more protection, and dashboard compliances are being met. It handles peak traffic loads well, contributing positively to customer satisfaction.
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Sumit Bhanwala
architect at Tata Consultancy
The impact of real-time threat intelligence updates in the K2-Series is really helpful. It will immediately update all the firewalls across the globe whenever it finds a threat, and that's really helpful.
Moreover, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is completely migrating towards cloud-based solutions, which is what's most attracting people.
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June 2025
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Joao Dias
Network Support at Bravantic
It is graphical. With the GUI, it's faster to make the changes we need. This is the main advantage of Palo Alto for me. I worked for many years with Cisco PIX engines, and it was more tedious to configure.
So, Palo Alto is easier to configure.
I have Panorama with Palo Alto. We have just one firewall, and it is easy to use for managing various firewalls.
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reviewer2224035
Design engineer at a construction company with 201-500 employees
Mainly, it is very easy to understand, and the logs are very good. This is the feature we use most of the time even though there's nothing exceptionally unique.
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NiteshSharma
Pre-Sales Architect at network techlab
The solution offers effective security features such as HIDS (Host-based Intrusion Detection System) in global products. We also utilize AI-driven security initiatives with technologies like Wildfire and machine learning integrations.
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TharinduDe Silva
Chef manager at Secure360
The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the performance which is above their competitors. The throughput they have delivered is good. When we used other solutions they failed the deployment when we were using different rules. They have a theory perform performance light and performance degradation. However, Palo Alto Networks K2-Series never fails in that scenario.
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Vishal-Gilatar
Senior President and Zonal Business Head at YES BANK
I have found the threat profile feature valuable.
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Mohamed Matar
Security Presales Architect at BARQ Systems
I find the ease of use and reliability the most valuable features of the solution.
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Kyaw Bo Bo Htun
Network Engineer at One Cloud
The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear.
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SureshSingh
Project Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI.
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Industrial Controls Advisor at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally.
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Ahmed Abdo
Incident Monitoring Analyst at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I like the tool's WildFire feature.
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Instrutor at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors.
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Communications Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The deep inspection functionality is great.
The solution scales well.
As long as the solution is kept updated, it's pretty stable.
The solution provides a lot of value to the client.
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Yassia Savadogo
Cybersec Consultant at Freelance
We enjoy the amount of visibility we have in terms of security within our infrastructure.
The initial setup is very easy.
The product scales well.
We've found the solution offers us good stability.
Technical support is helpful and responsive.
The pricing is reasonable.
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Hamada Elewa
System Engineer - Security Presales at Raya Integration
This Palo Alto firewall is easy to manage. You just implement it and forget about it. The Panorama management tool is very easy to use.
The documentation is good.
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Network Security & Virtualization at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The thing I like the most about Palo Alto is that the IPS system is the strongest you can get. Even if you check with resources like the NSS Labs or Gardner — anywhere else — they all say it has the strongest IPS. It holds true even over the past five years. They are the leaders in the field.
The reason I believe in my eyes that the IPS is the most valuable feature in Palo Alto is that the IPS is basically protecting everything. I think every two or three hours the database for the IPS signatures gets updated.
One more feature of Palo Alto, which is not in Fortinet if you compare, is decryption. Palo Alto firewalls are doing SSL inspection and they are doing decryption as well. If we need SSL inbound inspection it is available in Palo Alto but Fortinet does not have this feature. They are not doing SSL inbound inspection. It is one more thing I would like to include as a positive feature of Palo Alto in my opinion.
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IT Specialist at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Our organization liked the fact that it wasn't just firewalls that handled addresses and ports. It also handles actual URL inspections.
The solution is at the cutting edge of technology.
The solution has good at controlling restricted access.
Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point.
The solution is very strong from a security standpoint.
Ishtiaq Haider
VP Sales/Pre Sales at Comstar - Information Systems Associates Ltd.
The solution has the best features for parallel processing and scalability.
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Senior Systems Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good.
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Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting.
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Aleksandar Jovanovic
System Engineer at E-smart systems
For me personally, the support, in general, is the feature I have found most valuable.
Palo Alto boasts a lot of great features that cover all markets from small businesses to large enterprises.
It's very easy to see everything on the dashboards.
It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios for monitoring and reporting.
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Data Center - Assistant Group Manager (Information Security) at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
This company is a leader in the space.
The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features.
The support on the solution is excellent.
The initial setup is pretty easy.
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Security Technical Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application.
The WildFire feature is very good.
Using Panorama and the web interface makes it easy to manage.
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Cyber Security Engineer at Infort
Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good. It includes signatures for the domains and machine learning functionality. It is currently the most popular feature for our customers.
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Ashraf-Sadek
CSD Manager at BTC
The most valuable features are the virtualization of the firewall and the antivirus.
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Hardware Engineer with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is security.
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System Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers.
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Same Ibrahim
Security Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
It's a very good product, simple to use. The visibility is very, very important, and that's good with Palo Alto. The solution has simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories, which the endpoint traps by cloud which is very important. It's an easy firewall, very easy to configure, to monitor, and to use. It's easier than Forte, for example.
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Network Engineer at a international affairs institute with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is availability.
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Manohar Karale
Network Security Engineer at network techlab
The solution is reliable and scales well.
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Security Technical Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market, and its continuous development of new technologies and features.
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