Deploy Prisma Access for mobile users, remote networks, and service connections harnessing advanced features

Key Features

- Find out how to activate, deploy, and configure Prisma Access

- Configure mobile user and remote network security processing nodes

- Understand user identification and the Cloud Identity Engine

- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

Discover how Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, a firewall as a service (FWaaS) platform, securely connects mobile users and branch offices to resources. This guide, written by renowned Palo Alto Networks expert Tom Piens, introduces cloud-delivered security and Prisma Access components. Youll learn how Prisma Access fits into the security landscape and benefits organizations with remote networks and mobile workforces, and gain essential knowledge and practical skills in setting up secure connections, implementing firewall policies, utilizing threat prevention, and securing cloud applications and data. By the end, youll be able to successfully implement and manage a secure cloud network using Prisma Access.

What you will learn

- Configure and deploy the service infrastructure and understand its importance

- Investigate the use cases of secure web gateway and how to deploy them

- Gain an understanding of how BGP works inside and outside Prisma Access

- Design and implement data center connections via service connections

- Get to grips with BGP configuration, secure web gateway (explicit proxy), and APIs

- Explore multi tenancy and advanced configuration and how to monitor Prisma Access

- Leverage user identification and integration with Active Directory and AAD via the Cloud Identity Engine

Who this book is for

This book is for network engineers, security engineers, security administrators, security operations specialists, security analysts, and anyone looking to integrate Prisma Access into their security landscape. Whether youre a newcomer to the field or a seasoned expert, this guide offers valuable insights for implementing and managing a secure cloud network effectively. Basic knowledge of Palo Alto will be helpful, but its not a prerequisite.

Table of Contents

- Designing and Planning Prisma Access

- Activating Prisma Access

- Setting up Service Infrastructure

- Deploying Service Connections

- Configuring Remote Network SPNs

- Configuring Mobile User SPNs

- Securing Web Gateway

- Setting Up Your Security Policy

- User Identification and Cloud Identity Engine

- Advanced Configurations and Insights

- ZTNA Connector