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How does Strata Logging Service help resolve ever-increasing log retention needs for a company using Prisma Access?
The Strata Logging Service offers scalable log storage to accommodate data growth, which ensures organizations can retain logs for compliance and threat hunting as their environments expand.
''The Strata Logging Service is designed to scale dynamically to accommodate growing log retention needs, allowing enterprises to maintain comprehensive visibility as they expand their network footprint.''
(Source: Strata Logging Service Overview)
In a service provider environment, what key advantage does implementing virtual systems provide for managing multiple customer environments?
Virtual systems provide logical separation in a single physical firewall, allowing different customers (or tenants) to have isolated control and security policies.
''Virtual systems enable service providers to offer logically separated, independent environments on a single firewall. Each virtual system can have its own security policies, interfaces, and administrators.''
(Source: Virtual Systems)
This ensures secure, tenant-specific segmentation within multi-tenant environments.
Which two components of a Security policy, when configured, allow third-party contractors access to internal applications outside business hours? (Choose two.)
To allow third-party contractors controlled access, security policies must combine user identification and time-based access controls:
User-ID
''User-ID enables security policies to be based on user identity rather than IP addresses, ensuring precise policy enforcement for specific users such as contractors.''
(Source: User-ID Overview)
Schedule
''Schedules allow policies to be active only during specific times, providing time-based access control (e.g., after business hours).''
(Source: Security Policy Schedules)
Together, they ensure that only authorized users (contractors) have access, and only when explicitly allowed.
Which offering can be managed in both Panorama and Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)?
The VM-Series NGFWs are designed to integrate seamlessly with both Panorama and Strata Cloud Manager (SCM), allowing administrators to manage physical and virtual firewall deployments from either interface.
''You can manage VM-Series Next-Generation Firewalls using either Panorama for centralized management of all firewalls or Strata Cloud Manager for cloud-based management, giving flexibility across hybrid environments.''
(Source: VM-Series Management Options)
Unified management flexibility is key for enterprises with hybrid or multi-cloud deployments.
Which action is only taken during slow path in the NGFW policy?
In Palo Alto Networks' Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) architecture, SSL/TLS decryption occurs only during the slow path when the firewall first encounters a new session.
''SSL/TLS decryption, which requires CPU-intensive cryptographic operations, is performed during the slow path when establishing new sessions. Once decrypted, traffic is processed in the fast path for subsequent packets.''
(Source: Packet Flow and SP3 Architecture)
After the initial decryption in the slow path, decrypted traffic is handled by fast path for efficiency.
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