Learn about Strata Cloud Manager Essentials that provides management and security
features, and the features that are available to you for free.
Strata Cloud Manager Essentials is the free tier that offers configuration
management, network security lifecycle management, and can also provide visibility if
the you have Strata Logging Service. It is supported for the below products:
Strata Logging Service is available as
an optional add-on for Strata Cloud Manager Essentials. Strata Logging Service provides
centralized log storage and retrieval across your deployment, but you must purchase it
separately from Strata Cloud Manager Essentials.
Here are the features Strata Cloud Manager Essentials gives you:
Command Center and Activity
Insights provide interactive dashboards that help you
to know how Palo Alto Networks security services are protecting your network.
You can interact with data on the applications, threats, users, and security
subscriptions at work in your network.
Configuration and Policy Management for
NGFW and SASE provides centralized configuration
management across all your firewalls and SASE environments. This ensures
consistent security policy enforcement and simplifies administrative tasks.
Best Practices Reporting
helps you adopt NGFW and SASE services quickly by providing tools and
recommendations to align configurations with industry best practices, improving
the overall security posture.
Health Insights and
Alerts provide
fundamental insights into the operational health of Prisma Access and NGFWs.
These insights include deployment-wide status updates, key metrics such as
traffic volumes, and proactive identification of potential hardware or software
issues.