What Palo Alto Networks product allows centralized control of next-generation firewalls?

The correct choice is Panorama, which is designed specifically for centralized management of next-generation firewalls across multiple locations. This tool provides a single point of control for managing, monitoring, and configuring firewalls, helping to streamline operations and ensure consistent security policies across an organization’s network architecture.

Panorama allows administrators to deploy security policies, updates, and logs to various firewalls, thus simplifying the management process and reducing the administrative burden. It also provides features such as aggregation of logs from all managed firewalls, which aids in analysis and reporting, enhancing the overall security posture of the organization.

In contrast, other options such as Prisma Public Cloud focus on cloud security and compliance, WildFire is a malware analysis service that identifies and prevents advanced threats, and GlobalProtect is a VPN solution that provides secure access to the network but does not offer centralized management capabilities for firewalls.