Palo Alto Networks Received the Highest Overall Score for Prisma® Access in Advanced SSE Use Case in Critical Capabilities
Today, we’re proud to share that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) for the third year in a row. We’re also ranked the highest by Gartner for the Advanced SSE Critical Capabilities. We believe this recognition reflects the strength of our vision, our commitment to innovation, and the differentiated value Prisma Access delivers to you, our customers, across security, user experience and operational efficiency.
Consistent Recognition Across Categories
Palo Alto Networks is proud to be the only vendor recognized as a Leader in all three Gartner Magic Quadrant reports: 2025 Magic Quadrant for SSE, 2024 Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE and 2024 Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN. We believe this recognition reinforces our strategy that a unified, platform-based approach delivers proven security, exceptional user experiences and operational resiliency, as well as simplicity.
By unifying networking and security in the cloud, powered by Precision AI® and backed by unmatched threat intelligence, Palo Alto Networks helps organizations secure their future of work confidently.
What Sets Prisma Access Apart
Securing access everywhere is what drives our relentless innovation at Palo Alto Networks. With Prisma Access, organizations benefit from best-in-class security powered by Precision AI, delivered through a unified, cloud-native solution that protects all users, applications and data wherever they are.
We believe our continued innovation is a result of what Prisma Access provides:
- Best-in-Class Security – Powered by Precision AI and backed with the industry’s largest wealth of threat intelligence among pure-play cybersecurity vendors, Prisma Access blocks up to 30.9 billion threats every day and helps organizations reduce data breaches.
- Operational Resiliency – With industry-leading SLAs of 99.999%, Prisma Access leverages a massive, multicloud hyperscale backbone to prevent outages and ensure high availability.
- Exceptional User Experience – Prisma Access accelerates app performance by up to 5x, reduces latency and boosts productivity compared to direct-to-internet connections. With Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) and real-user monitoring (RUM), Prisma Access enables precise root cause analysis and resolution of app performance issues, ensuring an exceptional user experience.
Palo Alto Networks is proud to lead this transformative journey – empowering organizations to embrace secure digital transformation with confidence. As threats evolve and business demands accelerate, we remain focused on delivering continuous innovation and setting new standards in security. In our opinion, our position as a 3X Leader in the Magic Quadrant is reinforced by the highest rank for Advanced SSE in the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities, reflecting our ongoing commitment to driving the future of cybersecurity forward.
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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge, 20 May 2025, Charlie Winckless, Thomas Lintemuth, Dale Koeppen, Charanpal Bhogal
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN, 30 September 2024, Jonathan Forest, Karen Brown, Nauman Raja
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE, 3 July 2024, Andrew Lerner, Neil MacDonald, Jonathan Forest, Charlie Winckless
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