Keep essential traffic moving while enforcing policy at the edge. The Palo Alto Networks PA-460 is designed for organizations that need consistent firewall performance, threat prevention, and application control in a compact deployment profile. It fits branch and distributed enterprise environments where security cannot become the bottleneck. With 1.9 Gbps firewall throughput and 1.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput, the PA-460 is sized for sites that need more than basic perimeter filtering. It supports IPS, application control, sandboxing, SD-WAN, and VPN capabilities, giving security teams the controls they need to segment traffic and reduce exposure without adding unnecessary complexity. This model is a strong fit when uptime, policy enforcement, and predictable performance matter more than lowest-cost hardware. It is built for teams that want a firewall platform they can standardize on across remote offices, smaller campuses, and security-sensitive network segments.