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SaaS Security License Types

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SaaS Security License Types

Learn about the user-based and volume-based license models available by Palo Alto Networks for SaaS Security.
Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
Data Security, SaaS Security Posture Management, and Behavior Threats:
  • Strata Cloud Manager
SaaS Security Inline:
  • NGFW (Managed by Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager)
  • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama or Strata Cloud Manager)
One of the following SaaS Security licenses:
  • Data Security license, and a NGFW or Prisma Access license
  • SaaS Security Inline license
  • SaaS Security Posture Management license
Or any of the following licenses that include one of the SaaS Security licenses:
  • CASB-X
  • CASB-PA

Data Security Licenses

  • Data Security All Apps—The All Apps license is a user-based license that grants one user the right to use Data Security to secure sanctioned SaaS apps. A license is term-based at one or three years and has the capabilities to protect your sanctioned SaaS apps by unlocking the following features:
    Data Security All Apps license does not include Public Storage apps (AWS S3, Azure Storage, and Google Cloud Storage), which require a separate
    Add-on License
    .
    Learn more about Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (E-DLP) if you have purchased Enterprise DLP or opted in for a trial. For Enterprise DLP licensing, see:
    • Automatic discovery—Enterprise DLP automatically scans cloud resources for over 20 SaaS apps using predefined data patterns, classifies all documents using machine learning, and checks hash on all Microsoft Office documents, PDF, and portable executable files against Advanced WildFire rules without requiring you to create any policy rules.
      Monitoring—Review user activity logs enabling you to monitor and investigate the actions of your end users on the data and assets stored in your apps, including risky or suspicious user or administrator behavior. You can track events, such as file and folder downloads and uploads as well as failed login attempts, or you can learn how a user shared or collaborated on assets hosted in your SaaS apps.
    • Advanced data classification—When you configure data classification labels for the files in your third-party apps you can control data sharing and prevent data exfiltration.
    • Policy enforcement—Policy enables you to monitor and enforce responsible use of assets and protect them from malware, malware propagation, and data leaks.
    • Malware detection—WildFire detects and protects against malware propagation by scanning file using WildFire analysis, and known threats based on file hash (a unique fingerprint of a file as a result of running the file through a cryptographic hash function).
    • Machine learning—Enterprise DLP uses supervised machine learning algorithms to sort sensitive documents into Financial, Legal, and Healthcare categories for document classification to guard against exposures, data loss, and data exfiltration. To improve detection rates for the sensitive data in your organization, you can define the machine learning data pattern match criteria to identify the sensitive information in your cloud apps and protect them from exposure.
  • Data Security Support—Data Security licenses include a premium support entitlement. No activation required.

Add-on Licenses

  • SaaS Security Inline—The SaaS Security solution works with Strata Logging Service to discover all the SaaS apps used on your network. SaaS Security Inline discovers up to thousands of Shadow IT apps, along with their users and usage details. SaaS Security Inline also enforces SaaS policy rule recommendations across your existing Palo Alto Networks NGFW or Prisma Access tenants.
  • Public Cloud Storage—This volume-based license helps you gain bucket and blob visibility and control for your Public Storage apps (AWS S3, Azure Storage, and Google Cloud Storage) on Data Security and is term-based at one or three years. You can identify and remove public buckets and blobs from inadvertent exposure or use. Additionally, you can prevent the propagation of malware and data exfiltration with advanced machine learning and Enterprise DLP, as well as view an audit trail for stored buckets and blobs to detect anomalies.

SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) Licenses

  • SSPM —The SSPM license is a user-based license that grants one user the right to use SSPM to secure sanctioned SaaS apps. SSPM helps you detect and remediate misconfigured settings in sanctioned SaaS apps through continuous monitoring. SSPM detects misconfigurations by comparing SaaS app settings against built-in best practices. SSPM categorizes misconfigurations by severity to help you prioritize risks and suggests remediation actions. SSPM is available through a standalone SSPM license. The standalone SSPM is available on tenants that support tenant server groups (TSGs).
  • Palo Alto Networks includes SSPM as part of the following solutions:
    • Next-Generation CASB for Prisma Access and NGFW (CASB-X) for cross-platform license.
    • CASB on Prisma Access add-on for single tenant or multitenant.

Behavior Threats Licenses

  • Behavior Threats —The Behavior Threats feature of SaaS Security helps you identify potential threats to your organization from compromised accounts, malicious insiders, and data breaches. Specifically, Behavior Threats examines how your organization’s users are interacting with sanctioned SaaS apps to identify suspicious user activities that might indicate attempts to steal or corrupt data.
  • The following licenses include Behavior Threats:
    • Next-Generation CASB for Prisma Access and NGFW (CASB-X) for cross-platform license.
    • CASB on Prisma Access add-on for single tenant or multitenant.
    • Data Security license.

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