Palo Alto Networks PA-3445 Next-Generation Firewall

The Palo Alto Networks PA-3445 is a high-performance next-generation firewall within the PA-3400 series, purpose-built for enterprise campus perimeters and internet-edge deployments demanding consistent threat prevention alongside high throughput. The appliance is powered by Palo Alto Networks' single-pass parallel processing architecture, which executes networking, policy, application identification, and threat prevention simultaneously rather than sequentially, eliminating the throughput degradation common in legacy multi-engine designs. App-ID, User-ID, Device-ID, and Content-ID technologies are enforced natively at line rate, enabling granular Layer 7 visibility and control without the need for separate proxy infrastructure.

The PA-3445 supports the full Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform feature set, including SSL/TLS decryption at scale, DNS Security, Advanced Threat Prevention with inline machine-learning-based exploit and command-and-control detection, and WildFire cloud-delivered malware analysis. The appliance integrates with Panorama for centralised policy management and with Cortex Data Lake for cloud-based log aggregation, supporting large distributed enterprises that require consistent enforcement across multiple sites from a single management plane.

Designed for deployments where both throughput and port density are critical, the PA-3445 provides multiple high-speed copper and SFP+ interface options to accommodate aggregated campus switching uplinks, redundant ISP connections, and segmented DMZ architectures simultaneously. Its dedicated out-of-band management interface and console port support zero-touch provisioning workflows and out-of-band access during network events, making it well suited for environments requiring stringent change-control and separation between production and management traffic.

Ideal for

• Enterprise campus core and distribution-layer internet-edge perimeter security with full App-ID and User-ID enforcement across staff, guest, and IoT VLANs
• High-throughput SSL/TLS decryption and inspection for encrypted east-west and north-south traffic in regulated industries requiring visibility into all encrypted sessions
• Segmented data centre ingress/egress control for mid-size data centres requiring microsegmentation between application tiers without dedicated hypervisor-based firewalls
• Multi-ISP internet edge aggregation with SD-WAN policy-based forwarding and integrated threat prevention to eliminate standalone WAN edge and security appliances
• Centralised threat prevention and DNS Security enforcement for distributed retail, healthcare, or financial branch aggregation hubs managed via Panorama
• Compliance boundary enforcement for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or NIST frameworks requiring documented application-layer controls, decryption logging, and immutable audit trails via Cortex Data Lake

Technical specifications

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