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    What’s New in May 2023

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    Panorama Integration enhancements
    Cloud NGFW includes enhancements to Panorama integration. When navigating through the Panorama console to configure certain elements, like the cloud device group or template stack, the console changes to match the supported configurations on the Cloud NGFW resource. This functionality enhances the user experience by dynamically refreshing the display and only showing configuration options supported by the Cloud NGFW.
    DNS Security
    DNS Security allows you to protect applications and resources in your VPCs from advanced DNS-based threats. Securing your VPCs from DNS-based threats with Cloud NGFW fro AWS requires integration with Panorama.

    What’s New in April 2023

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    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • af-south-1 (Cape Town)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.
    Panorama Integration Public Preview
    Integrate Cloud NGFW for AWS with Palo Alto Networks Panorama. Use a Panorama appliance to manage a shared set of security rules centrally on Cloud NGFW resources alongside your physical and virtual firewall appliances.
    See Panorama Integration for more information.

    What’s New in March 2023

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    Tenant Reader Role
    As a Cloud NGFW TenantAdministrator you can now invite other users in the TenantReader role. A user with this role can view and describe all aspects of the Cloud NGFW tenant such as
    • NGFW resources and settings
    • Global and local rulestacks
    • All tenant users and tenant settings

    What's New February 2023

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    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • ap-south-1 (Hong Kong)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.
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    What's New in January 2023

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    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • me-south-1 (Bahrain)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.

    What's New in December 2022

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    Multi-VPC Cloud NGFW Resource
    You can share the same Cloud NGFW resource across multiple virtual private clouds (VPCs) in the onboarded AWS accounts of your tenants. You can create endpoints for an NGFW resource in different VPCs and route traffic to the NGFW resource for inspection.
    Please visit the documentation page and a detailed blog to learn more about this feature.
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    What’s New in November 2022

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    Multiple AWS Accounts in Cloud NGFW Tenant
    You can onboard multiple AWS accounts onto the same Cloud NGFW tenant and create Cloud NGFW resources in these accounts. See Add Multiple AWS Accounts for more information.
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    What's New in October 2022

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    What's New in September 2022

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    What's New in August 2022

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    Simplified Cloud NGFW Subscription, and Account Onboarding
    You can subscribe to Cloud NGFW for AWS and onboard your AWS accounts in a few clicks with minimal context switches between the AWS Marketplace & Cloud NGFW console.
    Please visit the documentation page and AWS video to learn more about this feature.
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    What’s New in July 2022

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    Cloud NGFW for AWS Credits
    You can now move to a one-year, two-years or three-years contract by subscribing to the
    Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW for AWS Credits
     SaaS contracts listing for a specified number of credits.This subscription associates Cloud NGFW for AWS credits with your existing Cloud NGFW Tenant. Cloud NGFW for AWS credits allow you to consume Cloud NGFW resources in your tenant at a lower cost up to a specific capacity until your contract expires while retaining the ability to expand your Cloud NGFW consumption anytime.
    Inbound Decryption
    You can now use Cloud NGFW for AWS to decrypt, inspect, and protect inbound SSL/TLS sessions of your VPC Ingress traffic.
    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo)
    • ap-northeast-2 (Seoul)
    • ap-northeast-3 (Osaka)
    • ap-south-1 (Mumbai)
    • sa-east-1 (São Paulo)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.

    What’s New in June 2022

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    Audit Logs in Cloud NGFW
    You can now view Cloud NGFW audit logs in your Cloudwatch account. Please visit the documentation to learn more about this feature.
    XFF Support in Cloud NGFW Policy
    You can now enable Cloud NGFW resources to use the Source IP address in X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field to enforce the policy. See the documentation to learn more.
    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • eu-west-3 (Paris)
    • eu-north-1 (Stockholm)
    • eu-south-1 (Milan)
    • ap-southeast-1 (Singapore)
    • ap-southeast-2 (Sydney)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.
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    What’s New in May 2022

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    Terraform Support for Cloud NGFW for AWS
    With the new cloudngfwaws provider, you can automate the process of building your security infrastructure and maintaining the network security posture of your AWS VPCs using Cloud NGFW rulestacks.
    See Terraform Support for Cloud NGFW for AWS and the detailed blog to learn more about the Terraform provider.
    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the following AWS regions.
    • us-east-2 (Ohio)
    • ca-central-1 (Canada)
    • eu-west-1 (Ireland)
    • eu-west-2 (London)
    • eu-central-1 (Frankfurt)
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.
    CloudFormation Support for Cloud NGFW for AWS
    CloudFormation resource types are now available as public extension in the AWS CloudFormation registry.
    You can now add these Cloud NGFW resources directly to your Cloud Formation templates in the same manner you use AWS-provided resources. These resource types enable you to deploy and manage Cloud NGFW components using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows.
    See Provision Cloud NGFW Resources to your AWS CFT to learn more about the AWS CloudFormation support for Cloud NGFW.
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    What’s New in April 2022

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    Cloud NGFW for AWS Free Trial
    You can now try and buy Cloud NGFW for AWS directly from the AWS Marketplace. The Free Trial allows you to use two NGFW resources with full features to secure 100 GB of traffic for seven days at no cost.
    Get started today! To get hands-on experience with the Cloud NGFW, subscribe via the AWS Marketplace. To learn more about the Cloud NGFW free trial, see Cloud NGFW for AWS Free Trial.
    Additional AWS Region Support
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is now available in the us-west-2 (Oregon) AWS region.
    See Cloud NGFW for AWS Supported Regions and Zones for the complete list of supported regions.
    Cloud NGFW for AWS Programmatic Access
    You can now programmatically create and manage Cloud NGFW resources using the REST APIs. You can use the IAM role in your AWS account to access the Cloud NGFW APIs, then configure which IAM resources can assume this role.
    To learn more about the Cloud NGFW for AWS Programmatic Access, see Enable Programmatic Access and the Cloud NGFW for AWS REST API Guide.
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    What’s New in March 2022

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    Introducing Cloud NGFW for AWS
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is a fully managed service on the AWS platform, powered by Palo Alto Networks software firewalls. With Cloud NGFW for AWS, you now have an NGFW deployment experience that handles the delivery of the Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewall capabilities and infrastructure in one motion.
    Cloud NGFW for AWS is a regional service. Currently, it is available in US East (N. Virginia) and US West (California) regions.
    See the Cloud NGFW for the AWS announcement on the Palo Alto Networks blog and the technical blog on the Live community page for more information.
    Please subscribe via the AWS Marketplace page to get hands-on experience with this service. To learn more about Cloud NGFW, its features, and its pricing, visit the technical documentation, video playlist, and FAQ pages.
    AWS Firewall Manager Supports the Cloud NGFW
    You can use AWS Firewall Manager to orchestrate the deployment of Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFWs and get centralized visibility. AWS Firewall Manager automatically and consistently adds Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFWs to new accounts and VPCs with no manual intervention. This integration reduces any operational heavy-lifting required to monitor new accounts, adds firewall protections, and offers visibility into non-compliant configurations across accounts in your organization.
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