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Unlocking the Power of Palo Alto Networks Cloud-Delivered Security Services

Unlocking the Power of Palo Alto Networks Cloud-Delivered Security Services

As cybersecurity threats become more advanced and pervasive, traditional on-premise defences are no longer sufficient. Organisations need scalable, intelligent, and adaptive security solutions that keep up with today’s dynamic threat landscape. This is where Palo Alto Networks Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) come into play. Whether you're securing

Strata Cloud Manager
Device Onboarding

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Strata Cloud Manager Device Onboarding

In my last blog, I discussed SCM licensing and accessing the SCM tenant. Now we have the basics under our belts, I'm going to talk about device associations using Common Services. But first, let me explain what Common Services is and how its used. Palo Alto Networks Common

Strata Cloud Manager Basics

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Strata Cloud Manager Basics

In my previous blog, "Why should enterprises consider Palo Alto Networks Strata Cloud Manager?" I gave compelling reasons enterprises may want to adopt Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered unified management and operations platform. Before we get into the technical details, it's important to understand the licensing

Why should enterprises consider Palo Alto Networks Strata Cloud Manager?

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Why should enterprises consider Palo Alto Networks Strata Cloud Manager?

I’ve been working in the Network Security space for over 20 years now, and over that time I’ve worked with a plethora of different employers and customers, which means I’ve been exposed to a vast array of network security technologies. When I look back, I remember having

Panorama Templates and Template Stacks

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Panorama Templates and Template Stacks

Templates and Template Stacks are used to configure firewalls using Panorama so that they can function on the network. If we look at the Panorama tabs, you can see that Templates encompass both the Network and Device tabs. The network tab is where we can define interfaces, Zones, Virtual Routers

Migrate a HA Pair of PAN-OS firewalls into Panorama

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Migrate a HA Pair of PAN-OS firewalls into Panorama

When I deploy Panorama first time into the network, I always aim to have the least amount of local configuration on the firewalls as possible and allow Panorama to manage 99% of the configuration. However, in my lab, the firewalls do have some Security Policies and IPSec configuration which I

Panorama Baseline Configuration

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Panorama Baseline Configuration

Now that I have successfully deployed a Panorama KVM image in EVE-NG, I can now boot up the two Panorama virtual appliances and configure IP connectivity through the console so that each Panorama can be managed via the WebUI and SSH. The aim of this lab task is to have

Deploying a Panorama KVM image to use with EVE-NG

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Deploying a Panorama KVM image to use with EVE-NG

1. SSH to the EVE-NG server, create a new folder for the KVM image, mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/panorama-10.1.3 2. Copy the Panorama .qcow2 image to the /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/panorama-10.1.3 folder using FileZilla or WinSCP as an example. The folder must be named

IPSec VPN between a Palo Alto Networks Firewall and a Cisco Router

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IPSec VPN between a Palo Alto Networks Firewall and a Cisco Router

In my EVE-NG lab, I've configured static IPSec Site-to-Site VPN between a Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall running PAN-OS 9.1.12 and a Cisco IOSv router running the VIOS-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M 15.9 image. The PAN firewall has connectivity through the lab internet backbone to the Cisco router. Both

How Generate Self-Signed Certificates on a PAN-OS Firewall

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How Generate Self-Signed Certificates on a PAN-OS Firewall

So you don't have a Windows Server with Active Directory and Certificate Services ready to go, but wait you need to test GlobalProtect client certificate authentication now! What's the answer? Easy, generate a self-signed root certificate on the Palo Alto Networks firewall and create a client

How To Configure A Certificate For Secure PAN-OS Web-GUI Access

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How To Configure A Certificate For Secure PAN-OS Web-GUI Access

When using the WebUI to access a Palo Alto Networks firewall, you can use a certificate for all web-based management sessions, which will in turn get rid of those really annoying " Your connection is not private" warning pages. If you are familiar with my YouTube channel [https://www.

How to automatically bulk import address objects into Palo Alto Firewall.

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How to automatically bulk import address objects into Palo Alto Firewall.

I couldn't possibly count the number of times I've needed to import a huge long list of objects into a firewalls configuration for some sort of IT project. These days the thought of manually adding each object one by one using Web-UI button clicks fills me

Who is Palo Alto Networks?

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Who is Palo Alto Networks?

Palo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company that provides network security solutions to enterprises, service providers and government agencies around the globe. The company headquarters is located in Santa Clara California.