→ The features and capabilities available to you in Strata Cloud Manager depend on which license(s) you are
using.
Strata Cloud Manager gives you AI-powered, unified management and operations
for your NGFWs and SASE network. Here's a cheatsheet on getting started with
Strata Cloud Manager for the first time.
If you're planning to use Strata Cloud Manager to onboard and manage Prisma
Access, NGFWs (requires AIOps for NGFW Premium), or both together, this includes
what you need to know to get started with Shared Management for Prisma Access and NGFWs
After
purchasing a license, you'll receive an email with an activation link. The
link launches a guided workflow in the hub; follow the activation workflow for each license you'd like
to activate:
Go to ConfigurationNGFW and Prisma Access to check your Prisma Access license status and
details, and see what other details might be available.
It might be that you do not see much data here just yet if
you've not yet onboarded NGFWs or if your Prisma Access
environment is still provisioning. If that's the case, check
back after you've completed the rest of the steps here.
Monitoring and Visibility with Strata Cloud Manager
Explore a visualized representation of your network and security
infrastructure with the Command
Center.
Monitor your Prisma Access environment,
Prisma SD-WAN, and your NGFWs. Also explore the dashboards
available to you in Insights. Many dashboards
also support reports that you can schedule or share with
stakeholders.
Identify and respond to security events
quickly using incidents across Prisma Access,
NGFWs, and Prisma SD-WAN.
Inline Best Practice Recommendations and Workflows
Strata Cloud Manager brings together common services in the System Settings menu. Go to
System Settings
to manage:
Roles and permissions – Learn
more about the roles available on Strata Cloud Manager and
associated permissions.
Device associations –
Associate supported cloud applications with your devices.
Tenant management – Create and
manage your hierarchy of business organizations and units, represented
by tenants.
Shared Management for Prisma Access and NGFWs
Strata Cloud Manager provides shared config management for Prisma Access
and NGFWs. You can onboard NGFWs and Prisma Access users, remote networks, and
service connections to Strata Cloud Manager and enforce a common security
policy.
Onboarding NGFWs and Prisma Access to Strata Cloud Manager
Set up Prisma Access and onboard mobile users, remote networks, and
service connections:
When working in Strata Cloud Manager
configuration settings, the current Manage: Configuration Scope is always visible to you,
and you can toggle your view to manage a broader or more granular
configuration. The configuration scope enables you to apply policy
globally, or provide targeted enforcement to certain NGFWs or Prisma
Access deployments.
Here's more on how to get started with organizing your Strata Cloud Manager configuration:
Use variables your configurations to
accommodate device or deployment-specific configuration
objects.
Shared Security Policy for NGFWs and Prisma Access
Strata Cloud Manager gives you unified management for Prisma Access and
your NGFWs. Your Strata Cloud Manager security policy is shared,
and you can apply it globally across Prisma Access and NGFWs, or target
specific settings to Prisma Access deployments or specific groups of
firewalls.