Palo Alto Networks Panorama Central Management Platform

Product Details
Key Features
Panorama™ management server provides a centralized platform to oversee all network applications, users, and content, enabling creation of policies that protect and control network traffic. It allows efficient configuration, management, and monitoring of Palo Alto Networks firewalls.

Main Value Areas

• Centralized Configuration & Deployment: Simplifies management and rapid deployment of firewalls and WildFire appliances.

• Aggregated Logging & Analysis: Collects data across all managed firewalls for centralized analysis, reporting, and investigation.

• Distributed Administration: Allows delegation or restriction of access to global and local firewall policies.

Product Description / Key Features

Management

• Organize policies with device groups, hierarchies, and tags

• Reusable network configuration through template stacks

• Administrator-specific commits to prevent accidental changes

• Simplified software updates and upgrades

• SD-WAN support for branch offices

• Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) for remote firewall onboarding

Visibility

• Centralized infrastructure visibility

• Correlated insights for actionable intelligence

• Device health profiling for better usage understanding

Security

• Convert legacy rules to application-based rules using PAN-OS intelligence

• Rule usage analysis to reduce attack surface

• Centralized deployment of security updates

Automation

• Log filtering and automated actions on third-party systems

• Automated policy deployment for dynamic environments

• XML- and JSON-based REST APIs for seamless integration