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A business having 40 or 50 cybersecurity products is not uncommon. One company has even been reported to have over 400 operational on their network at one time, according to Lee Klarich<\/a>\u00a0(pictured), chief product officer of Palo Alto Networks Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is obviously far from ideal, but Palo Alto Networks has been attempting to consolidate and solve more issues with fewer products.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIntegration is actually a technology statement,\u201d Klarich said. \u201cIt\u2019s delivering better outcomes because we\u2019ve designed multiple capabilities to work together, natively ourselves as the developers, so that the customer doesn\u2019t have to figure out how to do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Klarich spoke with theCUBE industry analysts\u00a0<\/span>Lisa Martin<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Dave Vellante<\/span><\/a> at <\/span>Ignite \u201922<\/span><\/a>, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media\u2019s livestreaming studio. They discussed Palo Alto Networks\u2019 strategy to adapt with the changing cybersecurity world and rising costs. <\/span>(* Disclosure below.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Cybersecurity issues are connected, not individual problems<\/h3>\n

If a business has one cybersecurity issue, it makes sense to find a specialized product to solve this one issue. But, ultimately, the truth is that cybersecurity problems rarely come as just one. If you have 100 issues to solve, having 100 specialized solutions is ridiculous, Klarich pointed out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA<\/span>lmost every problem that needs to be<\/span> solved is interconnected with other problems to be solved,<\/span>\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a company was, for example, setting up a software-defined wide area network to connect to the cloud, it would usually need to procure two different solutions for security on both the SD-WAN and the cloud, but Palo Alto Networks has one solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We can take our SD-WAN,<\/span> connect it to Prisma Access,<\/span> which is our cloud security solution,<\/span> and we can natively integrate those two things together,<\/span> such that when you use them together it\u2019s way easier,<\/span>\u201d Klarich explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Streamlining cybersecurity: Could more opinionated cybersecurity vendors be the solution?<\/h3>\n

The cybersecurity industry is increasingly seeing a transition toward vendors becoming partners and offering advice about how to deploy products to best utilize their features. Historically, it has been the case that the cybersecurity company produces the product and can design it to their specification with the customer deploying it themselves. But with the company\u2019s input, the customer could end up deploying it in a much more effective way, according to Klarich.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We build these products that have our,<\/span> I\u2019ll call our opinions built into it,<\/span> and then we sell the product, and then what happens?\u201d he asked.<\/span>\u00a0\u201cCustomer says, \u2018Great, thank you for the product.<\/span> I\u2019m going to deploy it however I want to,\u2019 which is fine.<\/span> Obviously, it\u2019s their choice at the end of the day.<\/span> But we actually should start to exert an opinion to say,<\/span> \u2018Well, here\u2019s what we would recommend;<\/span> here\u2019s why we would recommend that\u2019<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>s opposed to just saying, \u2018Here\u2019s a product, good luck.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Firewalls may seem like somewhat retrograde technology in terms of security, but Klarich believes they will stay for years to come with advancements in next-generation firewalls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>A next-gen firewall\u2019s job<\/span> is to inspect every connection<\/span> in order to make sure the connection should be allowed.<\/span> And then, if it is allowed, to make sure that it\u2019s secure,<\/span>\u201d Klarich stated. \u201c<\/span>Now, what you noticed is that<\/span>\u00a0I didn\u2019t describe it as a hardware device.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE\u2019s and theCUBE\u2019s coverage of <\/span>Ignite \u201922<\/span><\/a>:<\/span>
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