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    How to Manage Prisma Access

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    How to Manage Prisma Access

    There are two ways to manage Prisma Access; use Panorama to manage Prisma Access or, for cloud management, use Strata Cloud Manager.
    Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
    There are two ways you can manage Prisma Access, but you can't switch between the management interfaces after you activate your Prisma Access license (with the exception of using the migration workflow to go from a Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) to a Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager) deployment). So, you must decide how you want to manage Prisma Access before you get started:
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
      To manage Prisma Access from the cloud, use Strata Cloud Manager. With cloud management, you can quickly onboard branches and mobile users through task-driven workflows that allow you to set up and test your environment in minutes. Cloud management with Strata Cloud Manager simplifies the onboarding process by providing predefined internet access and decryption policy rules based on best practices. Quickly set up IPSec tunnels using defaults suitable for the most common IPSec-capable devices and turn on SSL decryption for recommended URL categories.
      Strata Cloud Manager Command Center
      The Strata Cloud Manager Command Center page appears when you launch your Strata Cloud Manager. This command center helps you in assessing the health of your network, better visibility, and an overview of your data. The command center has different dashboards to view different types of reports.
      • Summary: In the summary dashboard, you can view the different types of data sources, platform infrastructure, like NGFW or Prisma Access, through which the data flows from various data sources to different applications in your network.
      • Threats: In your threats dashboard, you can view the threats detected by your security applications. You can use this dashboard to monitor the blocked and allowed threats on your network or investigate areas of your network that might have a low percentage of inspected traffic.
      • Operational Health: Shows the health and user experience on your network as it is monitored by ADEM. You can use this view to monitor the user experience on your network and review the severity of open incidents.
      • Data Security: Shows the traffic within your network that has been flagged as having sensitive data by DLP and SaaS security subscriptions. You can use this view to monitor the data flowing through your firewalls and connected SaaS applications and the severity of any data risks on your network.
      Click any of these categories in your dashboards to filter results accordingly.
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
      Use the Cloud Services plugin on Panorama to set up and manage Prisma Access. This is a good option if you're already using Panorama to manage next-generation firewalls and you have a common policy that you want to use for access to your corporate applications.
      Even if you're using Panorama to manage Prisma Access, you can still use Strata Cloud Manager for many Prisma Access visibility and monitoring features. Learn more.
    After you decide which management option you want to use, get started by following the licensing and activation workflow for you option you have selected:
    Feature Parity Between Panorama and Cloud Management
    There are some differences between what is supported on Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) Access and Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager). For a list of feature support in Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) and Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager), refer to the compatibility matrix.

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