A few years ago as I was first cutting my teeth in the Palo Alto firewall world, I had a customer request something “unique” and I created a one-off solution. The request was to have a stand-alone portal that the end-users could go to and log in to gain additional access to resources. The reason […]
Identify features used to streamline App-ID policy creation. Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Study Guide v10 Application Tags Starting with PAN-OS 9.1, many applications come with predefined tags in the App-ID database. The tags are assigned based on characteristics. You can view them in Objects>Applications. You can create custom tags in Objects>Tags and then assign the […]
Identify the tools to optimize Security plicies. Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Study Guide v10 Policy Optimizer The policy optimizer helps to identify port based rules that can be converted to App-ID based rules for better visibility and security. It also calls out App-ID rules with unused applications (over-provisioned). Application based rules increase security by only […]
Identify the potential impact of App-ID updates to existing Security policy rules. Palo Alto Networks PCNSA Study Guide v10 App-ID Updates and Impact New App-ID updates can change how an application is categorized which can lead to rules no longer working correctly. You can either manage these updates and review them for issues, or you […]
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