Fortinet PA-820 Palo Alto Cisco Palo Alto NGFW | 1.5Gbps Threat Prevention

The PA-820 is a mid-range NGFW designed for branch offices and mid-sized enterprises, combining 1.5Gbps threat prevention with zero-trust network security through Palo Alto’s PAN-OS® operating system. Key Features: Advanced Threat Prevention 1.5Gbps threat inspection throughput WildFire® machine learning malware detection DNS Security with sinkholing Network Visibility & Control App-IDTM for 3,000+ application identification User-IDTM for policy enforcement by user/group SSL decryption at 500Mbps Deployment Flexibility 8x 1GbE copper ports + 4x SFP fiber ports SD-WAN ready with QoS capabilities Virtual Wire Mode for transparent deployment Why Choose PA-820 Over Competitors? 35% faster threat prevention than FortiGate 80F Simpler policy management vs Cisco Firepower 1010 Integrated cloud-delivered security (WildFire, DNS Security) Ideal Use Cases Branch office security (50-500 users) Healthcare/HIPAA compliance Retail network segmentation