Network SecurityPA-400 Series
ML-Powered next-generation firewalls for branch offices and midsize businesses.
The Palo Alto Networks PA-400 Series brings ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall capabilities to distributed enterprise branch offices, retail locations, and midsize businesses. Built on PAN-OS with App-ID, a single-pass architecture, inline machine-learning threat prevention, and Cloud-Delivered Security Services, it delivers enterprise-grade security in a compact desktop form factor. Faltrox deploys, configures Zero Trust policy, and manages it as part of a secure network.
Overview
What PA-400 Series is
The PA-400 Series is Palo Alto Networks’ entry-tier hardware firewall, extending the full ML-Powered NGFW to the branch, retail location, and midsize business. It runs the same PAN-OS software as the largest models, so a small site enforces the identical security policy and benefits from the same threat prevention as the enterprise core — just sized and priced for the edge.
It identifies applications with App-ID, users with User-ID, and content with Content-ID in a single pass, applies inline machine learning to prevent threats in real time, decrypts and inspects TLS traffic, and subscribes to Cloud-Delivered Security Services (Advanced Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, WildFire, DNS Security). Automatic policy recommendations simplify Zero Trust, and management runs through Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager. Faltrox deploys the appliances, builds the policy, and operates them as managed branch defence.
Coverage
What it protects
The platforms, threats, and surfaces this product is built to defend.
Branch & Retail
ML-Powered NGFW protection for distributed branch offices and retail locations.
Midsize Business
Enterprise-grade security sized and priced for midsize organisations.
Inline ML Prevention
Machine learning analyses and prevents threats in real time at the branch edge.
TLS Decryption
Decrypts and inspects encrypted traffic so threats cannot hide in TLS.
Zero Trust
App-ID, User-ID, and automatic policy recommendations enforce least-privilege access.
Cloud-Delivered Services
Subscribes to the full Cloud-Delivered Security Services suite.
How it works
The mechanism
How the product moves from signal to protected state, step by step.
- 01
Deploy
A compact desktop appliance is placed at the branch edge and onboarded to Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager.
- 02
Identify
App-ID, User-ID, and Content-ID identify applications, users, and content in a single pass.
- 03
Prevent
Inline machine learning and Cloud-Delivered Security Services prevent known and zero-day threats in real time.
- 04
Decrypt
TLS decryption inspects encrypted traffic so threats cannot hide in encryption.
- 05
Operate
Faltrox builds the Zero Trust policy, maintains PAN-OS, and monitors the appliances as managed defence.
Capabilities
Key capabilities
App-ID
Identifies applications regardless of port, protocol, or evasion, as the basis of policy.
ML-Powered Prevention
Inline machine learning analyses and prevents threats in real time, not just by signature.
Single-Pass Architecture
Identification and inspection happen once per packet for performance and consistency.
Cloud-Delivered Security Services
Subscribes to Advanced Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, WildFire, and DNS Security.
User-ID & Zero Trust
Ties policy to user identity with automatic policy recommendations for least privilege.
TLS/SSL Decryption
Decrypts and inspects encrypted traffic so threats cannot hide in TLS.
Compact Form Factor
A desktop appliance sized and priced for the branch, retail, and midsize edge.
Centralised Management
Managed through Panorama or the cloud-based Strata Cloud Manager.
Works with
Part of the platform
Palo Alto Networks products this pairs with, and the Faltrox services that operate it.
Palo Alto Networks products
Faltrox services
Delivery
You buy the outcome, not the console
Managed by Faltrox
Faltrox licenses, deploys, and tunes Palo Alto Networks PA-400 Series for your environment, then runs it as part of a managed service, so you get the protection without staffing another security console.
FAQ
Common questions
01Does a branch firewall really run the same security as the enterprise core?
Yes — the PA-400 Series runs the same PAN-OS software as the largest models, so it enforces the identical policy and threat prevention, just sized for the branch. That consistency is a core benefit: a small site is not a weaker link in the security architecture.
02What is App-ID and why does it matter?
App-ID identifies the actual application in traffic regardless of port, protocol, or evasion, so policy is written on applications and users rather than ports. It is the foundation of Zero Trust segmentation on the firewall.
03Does it inspect encrypted traffic?
Yes — it decrypts and inspects TLS/SSL traffic so threats cannot hide inside encryption, which is essential now that most traffic is encrypted. Faltrox configures decryption policy to balance visibility and privacy.
04How is it managed across many branches?
Through Panorama (on-premises/virtual) or Strata Cloud Manager (cloud), which manage the whole firewall estate from one place with shared policy — so many branch firewalls are operated consistently. Faltrox runs that management for you.
05How does Faltrox operate it?
We deploy the appliances, build the Zero Trust and threat policy, enable the Cloud-Delivered Security Services, maintain PAN-OS, and monitor them — delivering managed branch firewalling rather than hardware you configure yourself.
Start an engagement
Secure what’s next.
Speak with the engineering team to define scope, walk through the methodology, and decide whether Faltrox is the right team to test and run your environment.
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