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HN804: How Prisma SASE Builds on Public Clouds for Scale, Resiliency (Sponsored)

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Heavy Networking
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Nov 7, 2025
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Summary

Palo Alto Networks leverages a multi-cloud strategy to architect Prisma SASE for global scale and resiliency. Instead of building proprietary fiber networks, they utilize hyperscaler backbones to deliver security services to millions of endpoints.

Topics

  • SASE
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Multi-cloud
  • Network Security
  • Hyperscalers
  • Edge Computing
  • Network Resiliency
  • Palo Alto Networks

Highlights

  • Main idea: Prisma SASE utilizes a multi-cloud approach, partnering with hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and GCP to leverage their global reach and scale
  • Practical takeaway: By using cloud provider backbones, the service can automatically reroute traffic around regional outages, ensuring minimal impact on users
  • Failure mode: Relying on third-party infrastructure requires active management of cloud provider limits and regional availability to prevent service degradation
  • Main idea: The architecture prioritizes security outcomes by focusing on core security expertise rather than managing physical data center infrastructure
  • Practical takeaway: Leveraging serverless and standard cloud primitives allows for rapid scaling to accommodate sudden traffic spikes, such as during global events

Chapters

  1. 1:00 Architectural Strategy: Discussion on the decision to build Prisma SASE on a multi-cloud foundation rather than proprietary infrastructure.
  2. 5:30 Resiliency and Cloud Outages: How the architecture handles hyperscaler service disruptions and maintains connectivity.
  3. 9:45 The Cloud Data Plane: An exploration of how standard cloud services and primitives are used to power the security data plane.
  4. 13:45 Scaling for Demand: Managing capacity increases for specific geographical regions or large-scale customer events.
  5. 18:10 Global Presence and Peering: Leveraging cloud provider backbones and peering relationships to reach users in diverse global regions.
  6. 22:25 Managed Points of Presence: The distinction between managed PoPs and traditional data center deployments from a customer perspective.
  7. 26:30 Leveraging Cloud Backbones: Using the massive fiber networks of cloud providers to ensure low latency and high availability.