The lawyer`s letter [PDF] stated that Orca violated the fine print of PAN`s LAE, which Deputy General Counsel Melinda Thompson described in her letter as a “clear violation” of the terms prohibiting an end user from disclosing, publishing or making public reference, performance or comparison tests… Palo Alto Networks products must be used in whole or in part. In response to the video, Palo Alto Networks` legal team sent a letter of omission to Orca Security in early September arguing that the transaction violated its end-user agreement prohibiting users from publishing public information about benchmark, performance or comparison tests. Palo Alto Networks also claimed that Orca had abused its name and logo. He added: “It is outrageous that the world`s largest cybersecurity provider thinks its users are not allowed to share the repositories or performance comparisons of its products.” Shua told The Register Orca trying to give his rival a fair whip tear: “Even if we tried to be objective, we would have some prejudices. But we tried to do it in the most objective way possible by showing it to users: create exercise units, screenshots and show what it looks like. The fairness of the audit is not, as we see, what we are talking about here: PAN prohibits any type of calibration and comparison of its equipment. Palo Alto networks declined to comment when contacted by The Register. Related: CrowdStrike Vs NSS Labs, Round 2: NSS Hits Back In a note on its website, Orca lamented AT length the “unheard of” behavior of PAN, as well as a copy of the lawyer`s letter for the world`s dog more to read. The letter alleged that Orca had violated PAN`s trademarks by using its name and logo in the audit and by violating the non-verification clauses in the end-user license agreement (EULA) of the pan product. As such, the lawyer requested the removal of the comparison material, and that the startup stop using the logo and the name of PAN. We find that the videos are still online, hosted by YouTube. Orca Security, based in Israel, received a letter of omission from a palo Alto lawyer after posting a series of online videos in which one of Palo Alto`s products was checked and compared to his own. Orca is a competitor to Palo Alto Networks (PAN).

Palo Alto Networks` letter does not report factual inaccuracies in verifying the performance of its products. Instead, it puts its threats on misleading contractual terms that prohibit checks and comparisons of its products and hollow brand accusations that claim to sponsor palo Alto Networks videos,” Shua said. The problem was published last week in a blog post by Avi Shua, co-founder and CEO of Orca Security. Orca`s Video in August, still available on YouTube, is described as a “detailed comparison” between the Orca Security platform and Palo Alto Networks` Prisma Cloud product. Related: Testing Firm NSS Labs declares war against the antivirus industry. Related: Cometdocs threatens to take legal action over disclosure of security issues In response, Shua said that suppliers should not be allowed to use legal threats to prevent such comparisons from being made public, and noted that the Consumer Review Fairness Act prohibits companies from attempting to prevent customers from checking their products or services. Orca`s boss believes that a law in the California state of PAN makes it impossible to ban the publication of critics, and also cited a case in New York where prosecutors sued McAfee under his ephemeral company name Network Associates Inc. for banning valuations in its EULAs. SecurityWeek has turned to Palo Alto Networks for comment, and it will update this article if the company responds. Palo Alto Networks has threatened a start-up to take legal action after the smallest biz published a comparative valuation of one of its products.