How to Interact with the Strata Cloud Manager Command Center
Each view in the command center neatly breaks down all the information you would need
to assess the health and security of your network.
The command center automatically refreshes data every 5 minutes and displays the last
24 hours of data by default. You have the option to filter this data for different
time periods: the past 1 hour, 3 hours, 7 days, or 30 days. The Strata Cloud Manager
Essentials licensing tier supports data filtering only for 3 hours and 24 hours
durations. In this tier, the command center updates every 15 minutes, and requires a
manual refresh to view the most current metrics.
Each command center view displays different types of visual data flowing from the
sources, through Prisma Access and NGFWs or security subscriptions deployed on your
network, to the various applications on your network.
The Sources bubbles (hybrid workers, office users, IoT devices, Prisma Browser
users, Prisma SD-WAN branch sites, and others) are on the left and the Applications bubbles
(accessed on the internet, SaaS, and hosted on-prem or in-cloud) are on the right.
The application bubbles display the top three most used applications in each
category.
Sources include:
IoT Devices – Devices discovered by an
active IoT Security license and enabled.
Users – Remote and Branch users.
Other – Internal and external hosts
accessing resources on the internet.
Prisma SD-WAN Branch Sites – Branch locations connected through Prisma SD-WAN, including traffic counts and Local Breakout path breakdowns. This also includes third-party branch sites used in remote network scenarios and SD-WAN branch sites.
Secure Direct Access — Traffic originating from branch sites that reaches applications in different environments. With a Branch Security license, security is enforced at the branch. Without a Branch Security license, this represents traffic going directly from branch to applications without additional security inspection.
Applications include:
Internet Apps – Applications accessed using
a web browser.
SaaS Apps – Cloud apps owned and managed by
an application service provider.
Private Apps – Applications hosted in a data
center.
You can filter the data in the central view by clicking on the bubbles for sources,
deployments, or applications. This will provide you a more detailed view of the
tracked data for that view in relation to the bubble selected.
By selecting filters
(
), you can filter the data in the command center
views by the following:
Platform Devices — Prisma Access, NGFW, Direct Access, Secure Direct Access
Sources — Branch Sites, Users, IoT
Connection Types — Prisma Browser, Prisma SD-WAN, Users with
Agentless Access, and others
There is no direct way to filter all Command Center data by Prisma Browser or Prisma SD-WAN. These are connection types that sit behind Users, IoT, or Unclassified Hosts sources.
When looking at one of the views, you can mouse over the lines for more information
about your network, such as the traffic or the threats blocked or allowed on your
network.
With an AI Access license, you can filter
the traffic in all command center views by GenAI Apps only to
better evaluate how GenAI apps in use by users on your network might be affecting
your data and security posture.
With an Strata Cloud Manager Pro license, you
can enable the Quantum Readiness View to start evaluating
your post-quantum cryptography (PQC) posture.
For more information
about PQC, Quantum Security, and Quantum Readiness, click
here.
When looking at one of the views, you can mouse over the lines for more information
about your network, such as the traffic or the threats blocked or allowed on your
network.
Below the central visual summary are several key metrics tracked by your activated
subscriptions that provide actionable insights into your network. These key metrics
provide the ability to navigate to one of several detailed context pages where you
can find more information about the metrics that have surfaced and drill-down into
possible solutions.
