New Features in February 2024
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New Features in February 2024

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New Features in February 2024

These are the new features introduced in February 2024 for AIOps for NGFW Free, and for AIOps for NGFW Premium.
These are the new features introduced in February 2024 for AIOps for NGFW Free, and for AIOps for NGFW Premium (use Strata Cloud Manager app). AIOps for NGFW Premium updates include new features to support Cloud Management for NGFWs.

AIOps for NGFW: Delayed Telemetry Alert

February 23, 2024
Introducing the Delayed Telemetry alert, which actively identifies instances when Strata Cloud Manager detects a problem with receiving or processing telemetry from a device. If telemetry is missing for 6 hours, Strata Cloud Manager issues a medium severity alert. If this absence persists for more than 72 hours, Strata Cloud Manager elevates the alert severity to critical.
Upon the resumption of telemetry data processing, Strata Cloud Manager automatically closes the delayed telemetry alerts. If you remove a device, Strata Cloud Manager deletes all associated data, including delayed alerts. Additionally, Strata Cloud Manager displays an orange or red hourglass icon next to hostnames, providing quick visual cues to identify devices with potential telemetry issues.
Supported on AIOps for NGFW Free and Strata Cloud Manager with AIOps for NGFW Premium license.
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: Predict when certain thresholds exceed or when specific events occur by analyzing historical data and patterns. This helps forecast potential issues before they escalate.

Cloud Management of NGFWs: GlobalProtect Portal and Gateway

February 16, 2024
Supported on Strata Cloud Manager for:
  • NGFW (Managed by PAN-OS or Panorama)
  • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • GlobalProtect app
You can now use GlobalProtect with cloud-managed NGFWs to secure your mobile workforce. Enable your cloud-managed NGFWs as GlobalProtect gateways and portals, in order to provide flexible, secure remote access to users everywhere.
Whether checking email from home or updating corporate documents from an airport, the majority of today's employees work outside the physical corporate boundaries. This workforce mobility increases productivity and flexibility while simultaneously introducing significant security risks. Every time users leave the building with their laptops or smart phones, they are bypassing the corporate firewall and associated policies that are designed to protect both the user and the network. GlobalProtect ™ solves the security challenges introduced by roaming users by extending the network security policy that you're enforcing within the physical perimeter to all users, no matter where they are located.

AIOps for NGFW: Logging Drive Failure Alert

February 6, 2024
Introducing the Logging Drive Failure alert that detects a failure in the logging drive by monitoring the firewall's disk status. This failure in the drive could potentially result in data loss, impair logging and monitoring capabilities, and activate a failover in the case of a high availability (HA) pair.
Supported on AIOps for NGFW Free and Strata Cloud Manager with AIOps for NGFW Premium license.
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: Predict when certain thresholds exceed or when specific events occur by analyzing historical data and patterns. This helps forecast potential issues before they escalate.