AIOps for NGFW diagnoses your firewall deployment
and provides troubleshooting tips.
Drawing on data collected through PAN-OS device telemetry, AIOps for NGFW gives you an overview of the health and security of your
next-generation firewall deployment to help you identify areas of improvement and close
security gaps. AIOps for NGFW derives health information from device
telemetry metrics related to the operational status of your devices. For security
information, AIOps for NGFW analyzes the configuration of your devices
against Palo Alto Networks best practices to point out any potential gaps in your
security posture.
AIOps for NGFW Premium & Strata Cloud Manager
Strata Cloud Manager provides unified management and
operations only for NGFWs with an AIOps for NGFW Premium license.
PAN-OS and Panorama managed NGFWs: Use Strata Cloud Manager to monitor
deployment health and security posture for NGFWs with an AIOps for NGFW Premium
license.
Cloud managed NGFWs: If you have an AIOps for NGFW Premium license, you can also
leverage Strata Cloud Manager for cloud management for NGFWs.
Strata Cloud Manager Licensing Changes
Starting in October 2024, Strata Cloud Manager has two licensing tiers: Strata Cloud
Manager Essentials and Strata Cloud Manager Pro. This unified structure streamlines the
deployment of network security offerings, including AIOps for NGFW, Autonomous Digital
Experience Management (ADEM), cloud management functionality, and Strata Logging
Service. See Strata Cloud Manager License.
Strata Cloud Manager Essentials replaces AIOps
for NGFW Free, offering access to all the AIOps for NGFW Free features and additional
capabilities. Strata Cloud Manager Essentials and Strata Cloud Manager Pro are available
to activate in customer support portal (CSP) accounts that don't have: Strata Logging
Service with sized storage, AIOps for NGFW Free or Premium, or Prisma® Access.
License Migration and End-of-Sale Announcement
Palo Alto Networks has announced May 8, 2025, as the end-of-sale date for the AIOps for NGFW
Premium licenses. Starting in March 2025, existing customers with these licenses will be
automatically migrated to alternative licenses in phases at
no additional cost.
AIOps for NGFW Free customers → Migrated to Strata Cloud Manager Essentials.
Following the migration, the AIOps for NGFW Free tile will not be available on hub. Instead, you need to use the Strata Cloud Manager tile to access
the features.
AIOps for NGFW Premium customers → Migrated to Strata Cloud Manager Pro.