Re: Next Generation Firewalls

["Tornoe, Eric J." <EJTORNOE () STTHOMAS EDU>]

We also replaced our Cisco ASA's with an Active/Passive pair of Palo Alto NGFW in January 2015 and are very happy with 
our choice. I agree with Andrea that the increase in visibility and protection right out of the box is impressive. Ease 
of management was  a big deal to us since we have limited staff and the Palo has delivered on that aspect. Palo Alto 
was great to work with and we have an ongoing relationship with our sales engineer that has been extremely fruitful 
even following the sale. We considered Cisco, CheckPoint and PA before choosing the PA on cost, effectiveness and ease 
of management.

Eric


Eric J. Tornoe
Enterprise Architect and Manager, Security and Database Operations
Information Resources and Technologies
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
Mail Location: 5046 Office: AQU LL13G
Phone: 651.962.6217



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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Di 
Fabio, Andrea
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Next Generation Firewalls

Hi Tim,

We migrated from a pair of CISCO ASA's 5540 to an Active/Passive pair of PaloAlto NGFW 3 years ago and we couldn't be 
happier with features, performance, and ease of management. We are managing the pair without the management server, 
Panorama. They have increased our security posture and network visibility by a great deal. Our bake-off was, PA vs 
CISCO vs Barracuda vs SonicWall.

Andrea Di Fabio
Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Office of Information Technology
Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research, Rm 401H
555 Park Avenue, Suite 401
Norfolk, Virginia 23504
(757) 823-2896 (Office)
(757) 823-2128 (Fax)
adifabio () nsu edu
www.nsu.edu

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<Carrolltd () ROANESTATE EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:00
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Subject: [SECURITY] Next Generation Firewalls

All,

Roane State Community College is in the process of reviewing next generation firewalls.  Since this is a significant 
investment, I would be interested in hearing from the community what you are using, your experience, why you made the 
choice and your satisfaction with the vendor chosen.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Regards,

Tim Carroll
Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer Information Technology Roane State Community College

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