Enterprises today are grappling with the complexities of securing our modern way of work. The growth of SaaS applications and the ability to work from anywhere have introduced new security challenges. Disparate security stacks made up of point solutions that don’t integrate have become the norm, but this approach often leads to inconsistent security enforcement, operational inefficiencies and negative implications to user experience and productivity.

At Palo Alto Networks, we understand these challenges and are committed to delivering innovative solutions that simplify and enhance network security. To address this, Palo Alto Networks has integrated Prisma® Access with Google’s Cloud WAN as part of its NCC Gateway, the first major cloud solution to offer managed integration of security service edge (SSE) for users accessing private and public applications. This partnership brings together the best of our security expertise with Google Cloud’s robust network infrastructure, creating a comprehensive solution for modern enterprises that deliver secure and resilient access everywhere.

Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE & Google Cloud NCC Gateway: Secure and Resilient Access Everywhere

Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE delivers a unified, cloud-native security platform that enforces consistent policies and controls for all users and applications—anywhere they operate.

In collaboration with Google, we’ve extended this seamless security experience to organizations operating in multicloud environments, including Google Cloud. Through Prisma Access Managed Cloud WAN On-Ramp, Prisma SASE now integrates directly with Google Cloud’s NCC Gateway, a managed spoke of Network Connectivity Center (NCC), enabling simplified and secure connectivity for distributed workforces and applications.

This integration allows organizations to securely deploy infrastructure across multiple cloud providers, ensuring comprehensive protection for workloads in any location. With the flexibility and scalability of this on-ramp solution, businesses can adapt to evolving needs while maintaining a strong security posture across hybrid and multicloud environments.

With this partnership, organizations can benefit from:

• Consistent Security Posture: With a unified, fully integrated solution, organizations can remove security gaps and provide uniform security policies to all of their users, applications and devices. This integration ensures that all user, branch and cloud workload traffic are securely routed through Prisma Access, enhancing privacy and integrity without compromising performance.
• Optimal User-to-App Experience: Leveraging Google’s premium backbone network, Prisma SASE delivers a superior user experience with ultralow latency for both SaaS and private applications. This integration optimizes secure access to applications hosted in Google Cloud and other cloud environments.
• Reduced Operational Complexity: The integration eliminates the need to manage numerous point solutions that would otherwise complicate management and configurations. This streamlined approach reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and simplifies the onboarding process for branch locations.

Image 1: Palo Alto Networks & Google Cloud Enhance Multicloud Secure Access

Multicloud Secure Access Use Cases

• High-Performance Access for Branch Users: NCC Gateway provides fast, resilient access for branch users, ensuring dedicated, high-throughput connectivity. With Prisma Access, traffic is inspected in real time and optimally routed to its destination, whether it’s the internet, private applications on Google’s backbone, or applications and workloads in the cloud. Customer-built network hubs, whether in colocation data centers, large branches, campuses or as part of SD-WAN aggregation hubs, can now onboard Prisma Access with up to 10 Gbps bandwidth per region.
• Secure, Direct Access to Private Applications: The native integration of Prisma SASE within Google Cloud’s private backbone preserves privacy and boosts user-to-app performance, eliminating the need for internet-based encryption. This single off-ramp from Prisma Access can connect a customer’s private applications hosted in Google Cloud, on-premises or other cloud service providers, delivering high-bandwidth secure internet access at 10 Gbps.

Palo Alto Networks sets itself apart by strategically hosting Prisma Access on leading public cloud platforms, enabling seamless integration with CSP-native solutions. We support large-scale deployments, simplify complex multicloud environments, enhance user experiences, reduce costs, and maintain robust security. Our innovative connectivity strategy partners directly with CSPs to leverage our Managed Cloud WANs as direct on-ramps for Prisma SASE, delivering a comprehensive and scalable solution.

Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud, Together

This partnership with Google Cloud is a significant step forward in our mission to provide comprehensive security solutions that meet the needs of modern enterprises. By combining our leading security technologies with Google Cloud’s advanced network capabilities, we are delivering a simple and unified platform to securely connect users and applications wherever they reside, and enabling businesses to achieve a unified security posture, optimized application performance and reduced operational costs.

Learn more about Prisma SASE. To dive deeper into this partnership and Google Cloud’s NCC gateway announcement, refer to the Google Cloud blog.