New Features in December 2024
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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

December 12, 2024
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

December 12, 2024
Here are the NGFW alerts introduced in December 2024:
  • Card Failure: Path monitor failure - Max restarts attempted
  • Transceiver or SFP Port - Failed to Write Value
  • Card Stuck in Starting State
  • Card failure with reason "Slot runtime software failure - Max restarts attempted
  • DP Restart - Heartbeat Failure due to Internal Link Down
  • Failed exporting config bundle via ssh
  • High Disk Space Usage - Shared memory partition
  • SAML message from IdP has no Assertion
  • Card Failure: Card heartbeat failure - Max restarts attempted
  • Incorrect Port Speed Configured - PA-850
  • System Drive or Connector fault
  • Incompatible SFP Media Type
  • GRE tunnel is down - Tunnel Monitoring Failure
  • IKEv1 IPsec Tunnel Down - IPsec Crypto Profile Configuration mismatch
  • IKEv1 IPsec Tunnel Down - IKE Crypto Profile Configuration mismatch
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 NGFW and Prisma Access Browser Data Integration for Command Center and Activity Insights

December 3, 2024
Supported on Strata Cloud Manager
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 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, allowing you to review the number of Prisma Access Browser-Enabled users on your network.
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.

Domains in Activity Insights

December 12, 2024
Supported on Strata Cloud Manager
The URLs tab in Activity Insights is now Domains. The new Domains tab shows domain activity 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.