Configure Inline Categorization (Strata Cloud Manager)
Focus
Advanced URL Filtering

Configure Inline Categorization (Strata Cloud Manager)

Table of Contents


Configure Inline Categorization (Strata Cloud Manager)

If you’re using Panorama to manage Prisma Access:
Toggle over to the PAN-OS & Panorama tab and follow the guidance there.
If you’re using Strata Cloud Manager, continue here.
  1. Update or create a URL Access Management profile.
    1. Go to Configuration NGFW and Prisma AccessSecurity ServicesURL Access Management.
    2. On the URL Access Management dashboard, select a URL Access Management profile or Add Profile.
      If you create a new profile, configure settings in the profile, such as site access for URL categories (Access Control). Configure URL Filtering (Cloud Management) describes the available settings.
    3. Under Advanced URL Inline Categorization, select an inline categorization type.
      Both options enable real-time web page analysis and manage URL exceptions.
      • Enable cloud Inline Categorization—Enables real-time analysis of URLs by forwarding suspicious web page contents to the cloud for supplemental analysis, using machine learning based detectors that complement the analysis engines used by local inline ML.
      • Enable local Inline Categorization—Enables real-time analysis of URL traffic using machine learning models, to detect and prevent malicious phishing variants and JavaScript exploits from entering your network.
      • You can also define URL Exceptions to exclude specific websites from inline machine learning actions.
    4. Save the profile.
  2. Apply the URL Access Management profile to a Security policy rule.
    To activate a URL Access Management profile (and any Security profile), add it to profile group and reference the profile group in a Security policy rule.