For an organization to thrive and scale in today’s hybrid world, it requires security effectiveness and operational simplicity. It’s non-negotiable. However, the performance of the average firewall sits at a mere 64.55%. By contrast, Palo Alto Networks achieved a 99.07% security efficacy score. We crushed the next closest vendor by nearly 20 points!

Explore the independent 2026 SecureIQLab Advanced Cloud Firewall Report.* See how our AI-driven Advanced Cloud Firewalls (ACFWs) excelled across enterprise categories:

• Advanced Prevention: Achieved a 100% block rate against advanced evasion techniques and postexploitation attempts.
• Operational Precision: Validated at 97% operational efficiency with a perfect 100% false-positive avoidance score.
• Production-Ready Security Rigor: Using actual enterprise environments, we led the “lift and shift” workload defense with a perfect 100% score.
• Policy Enforcement and Security Resiliency: Scored 100% in enforcing granular security policies. We’re one of only eight vendors to pass the rigorous security resiliency evaluation.

*Testing occurred in a cloud environment, using AMTSO and NetSecOPEN industry standards to test resilience against 4,500+ real-world attacks. This directly validates Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) and Precision AI^®, which power the entire NGFW platform. The comparisons are done across 11 industry vendors as tested by SecureIQLab Advanced Cloud Firewall (VM Cloud Firewall) Validation Report 2026.