Getting Started with Best Practices
Security best practices give visibility into traffic,
reduce the attack surface, prevent threats, protect networks, and
activate Security Assurance.
Security best practices prevent known and unknown threats,
reduce the attack surface, and provide visibility into traffic,
so you know and control which applications, users, and content are
on your network. When you implement security best practices, you:
- Minimize the chances of a successful intrusion.
- Identify the presence of attackers.
- Protect your valuable data.
- Protect your customers, partners, and employees, and thus protect
the reputation of your business.
- Help to achieve a Zero Trust security environment.
To transition to security best practices, first you need to understand your current network
security posture. Understanding your current security posture enables you to identify
areas for improvement. Palo Alto Networks provides a guided transition path: Strata
Cloud Manager's Best Practice Assessment (BPA) and Best Practices Dashboard, combined
with
Safe Transition Steps and best practice
technical documentation. Use the BPA and the Best Practices Dashboard to understand the
current state of your network security and recommendations for improvement, then use
safe transition steps and technical documentation to implement improvements.
When you subscribe to the Platinum Support Contract, you have the opportunity to use Security
Assurance. Security Assurance provides access to Palo Alto Networks security experts and
tools to help with initial incident investigation.
Other books available on the Best Practices portal include Decryption, DoS and Zone
Protection, Panorama, IoT, internet gateway, and more.
