Manage: Security Posture

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Use these tools to improve your security posture and verify that you're protected against threats.

Where Can I Use This?	What Do I Need?
Prisma Access (with Strata Cloud Manager or Panorama configuration management) NGFW, including those funded by Software NGFW Credits	At least one of these licenses is needed to manage your configuration with `Strata Cloud Manager`; for unified management of NGFWs and Prisma Access, you'll need both: `Prisma Access` license AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app) Strata Cloud Manager Essentials Strata Cloud Manager Pro → The features and capabilities available to you in Strata Cloud Manager depend on which license(s) you are using.

Where Can I Use This?

What Do I Need?

Prisma Access
(with Strata Cloud Manager or Panorama configuration management)
NGFW, including those funded by Software NGFW Credits

At least one of these licenses is needed to manage your configuration with Strata Cloud Manager; for unified management of NGFWs and Prisma Access, you'll need both:
- Prisma Access license
- AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app)
- Strata Cloud Manager Essentials
- Strata Cloud Manager Pro

→ The features and capabilities available to you in Strata Cloud Manager depend on which license(s) you are using.

Use these tools to improve your security posture and verify that you're protected against threats by following security policy best practices.

Customize security posture checks for your deployment to maximize relevant recommendations in Manage: Security Posture Settings
Use Config Cleanup to identify and remove unused configuration objects and policy rules.
Configure Compliance Checks to hone and optimize overly permissive security rules so that they only allow applications that are actually in use in your network.
Create your own Manage: Security Posture Settings – Customize existing best practice checks and create and manage special exemptions to better align to your organization’s business requirements.
Use Policy Analyzer to quickly ensure that updates you make to your security policy rules meet your requirements and do not introduce errors or misconfigurations (such as changes that result in duplicate or conflicting rules).