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    Security Policy for Apps Enabled with ZTNA Connector

    ZTNA Connector seamlessly extends your existing
    Prisma Access
     security policy to the applications it enables for
    Prisma Access
    .
    Where Can I Use This?
    What Do I Need?
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
    • Prisma Access
       4.0
      Prisma Access
       5.0 supports wildcards and IP subnet-based app targets.
      Prisma Access
       5.0.1 supports associating multiple connector groups with FQDN Targets and Wildcard Targets and introduces proximity-based application routing.
    • ZTNA Connector add-on license
      The Business license with the add-on license includes eight ZTNA Connectors, 100 FQDN, and four IP subnet functionality.
      The Business Premium license with the add-on license includes 40 ZTNA Connectors, 300 FQDN, and unlimited IP subnet functionality.
      The Advanced license with the add-on license has unlimited ZTNA Connectors, FQDN, and IP subnet functionality.
    • If you don't purchase the ZTNA Connector add-on license,
      Prisma Access
       licenses include 20 apps, two connectors, and four IP subnets. This functionality is provided for the purpose of trying out ZTNA Connectors in your environment.
    ZTNA Connector does not enforce policy; it seamlessly extends your existing Prisma Access security policy to the applications it enables for
    Prisma Access
    . This means you can use a common policy across all your applications and data centers, and you don't need to author your security policy separately for apps onboarded to ZTNA Connector.
    However, as part of setting up ZTNA Connector, you do need to make sure that your security policy:
    Allows traffic between
    Prisma Access
     and ZTNA Connector
    For this, follow the ZTNA Connector Requirements and Guidelines to make sure that ZTNA Connector can connect to
    Prisma Access
    .
    Users can access the applications behind the ZTNA Connector
    To ensure your users can access ZTNA Connector apps, follow the steps here for the interface you're using to manage
    Prisma Access
    .

    Cloud Management

    Set up a Security policy rule that enables users to access apps behind ZTNA Connector for Cloud Managed Prisma Access deployments and Strata Cloud Manager.
    After you onboard apps to ZTNA Connector, you should set up policy rules to allow and control access for those apps. The procedure to create and apply policy differs on whether your apps are defined by wildcards, IP Subnets, or FQDNs.

    Security Policy for Wildcard-Based Apps

    Wilcard-based apps ( (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Application Targets
    Wildcard Targets
    ) require that you create a custom URL category; however, that type of category only enforces policy for HTTP and HTTPS traffic, and other traffic (such as SSH) isn't allowed. For this reason, you need to temporarily allow access to all apps by allowing traffic to the ZTNA Connector Application IP blocks.
    After ZTNA Connector learns the FQDNs that are based on the wildcards, you can disable the policy that allows Application IP Block traffic and apply policy enforcement based on the learned FQDNs.
    1. Create a Custom URL category and add the wildcard URLs to the category.
      1. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        Security Services
        URL Access Management
        Access Control
        .
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        URL Access Management
        .
      2. Under Custom URL categories,
        Add Category
        .
      3. Give a descriptive
        Name
         for the custom URL category and select a
        Type
         of
        URL List
        .
      4. Add the wildcard URLs you created in ZTNA Connector to the
        Items
        .
      5. Save
         your changes.
    2. Create a URL access Management Profile and add the custom URL category you created to it.
      1. While still in the
        URL Access Management
         area, select
        URL Access Management Profiles
        .
      2. Select an existing profile to modify or
        Add Profile
        .
      3. Add the Custom URL category you created to the profile.
      4. Select the following parameters:
        • Site Access
          : Allow
        • User Credential Submission
          : Allow
      5. Save
         your changes.
    3. Create a profile group and attach the URL Access Management Profile to the group.
      1. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        Security Services
        Profile Groups
        .
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Profile Groups
        .
      2. Add
         a profile group, specifying the URL Access Management Profile you created.
    4. Create a policy to allow the profile group and the IP addresses for the ZTNA Connector Application IP Blocks.
      1. Go to
        Manage
        Service Setup
        Shared
        Prisma Access Setup
        Infrastructure Settings
         and make a note of the
        Application IP Blocks
         under ZTNA Connector IPs.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        Prisma Access Setup
        Prisma Access
        Prisma Access Setup
         and make a note of the
        Application IP Blocks
         under ZTNA Connector IPs.
      2. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
        If you have IP Subnet-based apps, create address objects for those subnets as well.
      3. Go To
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the address objects you created to an address group.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, to go
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the addresses you created to the address groups.
      4. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to all application IP address blocks, specifying the
        Address Group
         and
        Profile Group
         you created in an earlier step.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to all application IP address blocks, specifying the
        Address Group
         and
        Profile Group
         you created in an earlier step.
        Adding this Security policy allows all traffic from wildcard-based app traffic to be passed while ZTNA Connector discovers the apps based on wildcards. Without the rule to allow the Application IP Blocks, users can't access wildcard-based apps.
        You can leave this policy in place until ZTNA Connector discovers the wildcard-based apps. Then, you can choose to disable this policy and add Security policy rules for each of the discovered apps.
    5. After ZTNA Connector has discovered the apps based on wildcards, configure a Security policy for the apps that you added using FQDNs.
      1. Go to
        Settings
        ZTNA Connector
        Connectors
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        ZTNA Connector
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
      2. Create an Address object for the FQDN (
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address Objects
        ).
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
        .
        Select the
        Prisma Access
         configuration scope.
      3. Add
         an address object with the
        Type
         of
        FQDN: Domain Name
         and enter the
        FQDN
         of the discovered application.
        Enter the FQDNs for the FQDN targets.
      4. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
    6. Push Config
       to save and push your configuration changes.
    7. (
      Optional
      ) After you have created the Security policy based on FQDNs, remove the policy based on the IP application blocks.

    Security Policy for IP Subnet-Based Apps

    If you created ZTNA Connector application targets based on IP subnets (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Connectors
    Application Targets
    IP Subnets
    ), complete the following steps to allow access to the apps.
    1. Go to
      Settings
      ZTNA Connector
      Connectors
      Application Targets
      IP Subnets
       and make a note of the IP subnets used by the apps.
      If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
      Workflows
      ZTNA Connector
      Application Targets
      IP Subnets
       and make a note of the IP subnets used by the apps.
    2. Create a policy to allow the IP addresses for the IP subnets used for the apps.
      1. Go To
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
      2. Go To
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the addresses you created to the address groups.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, to go
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the addresses you created to the address groups.
      3. Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the IP subnets for the apps, specifying the
        Addresses
         you created in an earlier step.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the IP subnets for the apps to
        Destination
         addresses, specifying the
        Addresses
         you created in an earlier step.
    3. Push Config
       to save and push your configuration changes.

    Security Policy for FQDN-Based Apps

    If you have added targets based on FQDNs (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Connectors
    Application Targets
    FQDN Targets
    ), create an address object and a Security policy to allow access to the apps by completing the following steps.
    1. Configure a Security policy for the apps that you added using FQDNs.
      1. Go to
        Settings
        ZTNA Connector
        Connectors
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        ZTNA Connector
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
      2. Create an Address object for the FQDN (
        Manage
        Configuration
        Objects
        Address Objects
        ).
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
        .
        Select the
        Prisma Access
         configuration scope.
      3. Add
         an address object with the
        Type
         of
        FQDN: Domain Name
         and enter the
        FQDN
         of the discovered application.
        Enter the FQDNs for all discovered apps.
      4. Optional
         Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
    2. Push Config
       to save and push your configuration changes.

    Panorama

    Set up a Security policy rule that enables users to access apps behind ZTNA Connector for Panorama Managed Prisma Access deployments.
    After you onboard apps to ZTNA Connector, you should set up policy rules to allow and control access for those apps. The procedure to create and apply policy differs on whether your apps are defined by wildcards, IP Subnets, or FQDNs.

    Security Policy for Wildcard-Based Apps

    Wilcard-based apps ( (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Application Targets
    Wildcard Targets
    ) require that you create a custom URL category; however, that type of category only enforces policy for HTTP and HTTPS traffic, and other traffic (such as SSH) isn't allowed. For this reason, you need to temporarily allow access to all apps by allowing traffic to the ZTNA Connector Application IP blocks.
    After ZTNA Connector learns the FQDNs that are based on the wildcards, you can disable the policy that allows Application IP Block traffic and apply policy enforcement based on the learned FQDNs.
    1. Create a policy to allow the IP addresses for the ZTNA Connector Application IP Blocks.
      1. From the ZTNA Connector UI, go to
        Manage
        Service Setup
        Shared
        Prisma Access Setup
        Infrastructure Settings
         and make a note of the
        Application IP Blocks
         under ZTNA Connector IPs.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        Prisma Access Setup
        Prisma Access
        Prisma Access Setup
         and make a note of the
        Application IP Blocks
         under ZTNA Connector IPs.
      2. Go to
        Objects
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
      3. Go To
        Objects
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the address objects you created to an address group.
      4. Go to
        Policies
        Security
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to all application IP address blocks, specifying the
        Address Group
         you created in an earlier step.
        Adding this Security policy allows all traffic from wildcard-based app traffic to be passed while ZTNA Connector discovers the apps based on wildcards. Without the rule to allow the Application IP Blocks, users can't access wildcard-based apps.
        You can leave this policy in place until ZTNA Connector discovers the wildcard-based apps. Then, you can choose to disable this policy and add Security policy rules for each of the discovered apps.
    2. After ZTNA Connector has discovered the apps based on wildcards, configure a Security policy for the apps that you added using FQDNs.
      1. Go to
        Settings
        ZTNA Connector
        Connectors
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        ZTNA Connector
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
      2. Create an Address object for the FQDN (
        Objects
        Addresses
        ).
        Select either the
        Mobile_User_Device_Group
         or the
        Remote_Network_Device_Group
        , depending on whether mobile users or users at branch sites will be accessing the private apps behind ZTNA Connector.
      3. Add
         an address object with the
        Type
         of
        FQDN
         and enter the
        FQDN
         of the discovered application.
        Enter the FQDNs for the FQDN targets.
      4. Go to
        Policies
        Security
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
    3. Commit and Push
       your changes.
    4. (
      Optional
      ) After you have created the Security policy based on FQDNs, remove the policy based on the IP application blocks.

    Security Policy for IP Subnet-Based Apps

    If you created ZTNA Connector application targets based on IP subnets (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Connectors
    Application Targets
    IP Subnets
    ), complete the following steps to allow access to the apps.
    1. Go to
      Settings
      ZTNA Connector
      Connectors
      Application Targets
      IP Subnets
       and make a note of the IP subnets used by the apps.
      If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
      Workflows
      ZTNA Connector
      Application Targets
      IP Subnets
       and make a note of the IP subnets used by the apps.
    2. Create a policy to allow the IP addresses for the IP subnets used for the apps.
      1. Go To
        Objects
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Objects
        Address
        Addresses
         and
        Add
         address objects based on the IP addresses you retrieved.
      2. Go To
        Objects
        Address Groups
         and
        Add
         the addresses you created to the address groups.
      3. Go to
        Policies
        Security
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the IP subnets for the apps, specifying the
        Addresses
         you created in an earlier step.
    3. Push Config
       to save and push your configuration changes.

    Security Policy for FQDN-Based Apps

    If you have added targets based on FQDNs (
    Settings
    ZTNA Connector
    Connectors
    Application Targets
    FQDN Targets
    ), create an address object and a Security policy to allow access to the apps by completing the following steps.
    1. Configure a Security policy for the apps that you added using FQDNs.
      1. Go to
        Settings
        ZTNA Connector
        Connectors
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Workflows
        ZTNA Connector
        Application Targets
        FQDN Targets
         and make a note of the FQDNs used by the apps.
      2. Create an Address object for the FQDN (
        Objects
        Addresses
        ).
        Select either the
        Mobile_User_Device_Group
         or the
        Remote_Network_Device_Group
        , depending on whether mobile users or users at branch sites will be accessing the private apps behind ZTNA Connector.
      3. Add
         an address object with the
        Type
         of
        FQDN
         and enter the
        FQDN
         of the discovered application.
        Enter the FQDNs for all discovered apps.
      4. Optional
         Go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
        If you're using Strata Cloud Manager, go to
        Manage
        Configuration
        NGFW and Prisma Access
        Security Services
        Security Policy
        Pre Rules
         and
        Add
         a Security policy to allow access to the discovered apps.
    2. Push Config
       to save and push your configuration changes.

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