View DNS Security Dashboard (Strata Cloud Manager)

1. Use the credentials associated with your Palo Alto Networks support account and log in to Strata Cloud Manager on the hub.
2. Select DashboardsMore DashboardsDNS Security to open the DNS Security dashboard.
3. From the dashboard, configure your filter options using the available drop downs.

   1. Filter by time range—Select from Last hour, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, or Last 30 days to display data for a specific time-frame.
   2. Filter by DNS category—Select from Select All, MalwareCommand and Control, Phishing, Grayware, Exceptions List, Newly Registered, Dynamic DNS, Proxy, Parked, Benign, Ad Track to filter the data set based on a DNS type.

      The Exceptions List category is a list maintained by Palo Alto Networks of explicitly allowable domains based on metrics from PAN-DB and Alexa. These allow list domains are frequently accessed and known to be free from malicious content.
   3. Filter by DNS action—Select from Allow, Block, and Sinkhole to filter based on the action taken on a DNS query based on your DNS Security profile action settings.
4. Optionally, you can also Download, Share, and Schedule Activity Reports.
5. You can re-contextualize, interact, and pivot from the data provided by the dashboard cards. For an overview of each of the DNS Security dashboard cards, see DNS Security Dashboard cards.