Strata Cloud Manager
New Features in December 2024
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New Features in December 2024
Here are the new features available in Strata Cloud Manager in December
2024.
Here are the latest new features introduced on Strata Cloud Manager. Features listed
here include some feature highlights for the products supported with
Strata Cloud Manager. For the full list of new features supported for a product you're
using with Strata Cloud Manager, see the release notes for that product.
Strata Copilot
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December 12, 2024
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Strata Copilot is the ultimate AI
assistant for Strata Cloud Manager. Strata Copilot allows you to get real-time,
actionable insights on the health and security of your network, no matter where you
are in Strata Cloud Manager.
Strata Copilot harnesses the data from your NGFWs, Prisma Access, and cloud
security services and combines it with Palo Alto Networks best practice guidance, to
give you clear, actionable answers and can open a support case for you when needed.
With increasing usage, Strata Copilot will learn from your interactions to improve
and refine its responses.
The data and insights that Strata Copilot shares with you depends on your
onboarded products and licenses. Today, Strata Copilot can give you data and
insights on these product and feature areas, and we’ll let you know as we add
additional support:
- Prisma Access
- Autonomous DEM, including Access Analyzer
- Data Security
- AI-Powered ADEM
- AIOps for NGFW
- IoT Security
- Prisma SD-WAN
Strata Cloud Manager: NGFW Alerts in December
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December 12, 2024
Here are the NGFW alerts introduced
in December 2024:
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Health alerts actively monitor the health and
performance of your platform in real time. This approach helps in identifying
issues, predicting potential problems, and implementing remediation actions to
ensure your devices function optimally. Here are some key aspects:
- Monitoring Metrics: Continuously monitor various metrics from the NGFWs, including CPU utilization, memory usage, disk space, network throughput, and other relevant performance indicators.
- Anomaly Detection: Generate alerts that dynamically adjust based on the metric's historical value and your usage trends.
- Predictive Analysis: Leverage historical data and patterns to predict when thresholds might be exceeded or specific events may occur. This helps forecast potential issues before they escalate.
Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access Browser Data Integration for Command Center and Activity Insights
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December 3, 2024
Supported on Strata Cloud Manager
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The Command Center and Activity Insights pages now include
support for Cloud Next-Generation Firewalls and Prisma® Access Browser, enhancing
visibility across your network security infrastructure. This integration allows you
to view Cloud NGFW and Prisma® Access Browser data alongside existing NGFW and
Prisma® Access information, providing you with a more comprehensive picture of your
security posture.
In the Command Center, Cloud NGFW data is incorporated into three views:
Summary, Threats, and Operational Health. This means you can now monitor traffic,
threats, URLs, and other security metrics from your Cloud NGFWs within the familiar
Command Center interface.
Prisma® Access Browser visibility is now available in the Summary and
Operational Health views of the Command Center, enabling you to review the count of
Prisma® Access Browser users on your network. This enhanced visibility provides you
with real-time insights into browser-based security activity and user engagement
patterns.
The Activity Insights pages also benefit from this integration, allowing
you to analyze Cloud NGFW or Prisma® Access Browser specific data alongside other
security platforms. You can now correlate security events and trends across your
entire infrastructure ecosystem, making it easier to identify patterns and optimize
your security configurations based on comprehensive data analysis.
Domains in Activity Insights
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December 12, 2024
Supported on Strata Cloud Manager
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Monitoring critical domain activity and effectively identifying security
risks requires comprehensive data visualization. The URLs tab in Activity Insights is now the
Domains tab, which solves this by incorporating metrics from the
Advanced DNS Security service to present new visualizations, filters, and data
summaries. This enhancement allows you to gain deeper insights into your domain
traffic patterns and potential security risks. The Domains tab displays combined
information from URL Filtering, DNS Security, Threat logs, and Traffic logs,
providing a comprehensive view of domain activity within your network.
By leveraging Advanced DNS Security, you can better protect your network
against DNS-based attacks, identify malicious domains more effectively, and gain a
better understanding of your organization's domain traffic patterns.
