I utilize Palo Alto Networks Panorama's centralized view for monitoring. Palo Alto Networks Panorama serves as our log collector, with all logs from the firewalls being pushed to it. Palo Alto Networks Panorama has an ACC tab that I use to conduct monitoring. We do not currently have a SIEM solution, so we are heavily relying on the monitoring features of Palo Alto Networks Panorama to conduct our investigations and log reviews. It is really heavily used because if you want to get visibility into the telemetries coming in and out of our network, Palo Alto Networks Panorama is what we rely on because we do not have a SIEM solution. I do utilize Palo Alto Networks Panorama's advanced reporting, which comes with out-of-the-box features. I do reporting using Palo Alto Networks Panorama as part of my day-to-day activity. Every month, I need to send a report to my boss, and I use the Palo Alto Networks Panorama reporting feature to do that. I think Palo Alto Networks Panorama's application and threat visibility features are solid because the App-ID feature is excellent. It helps me to better understand the kind of traffic that I am monitoring by providing details of the protocol and application type. The threats monitoring feature is great, and comparing Palo Alto Networks to other competitors, while Palo Alto Networks is quite expensive, I am really satisfied with the threats monitoring features because I feel my company is getting value for what we are paying for. Palo Alto Networks Panorama's ability to manage multiple firewalls is solid as long as you ensure that you have the required resources for it, depending on the number of firewalls that you want to place under Palo Alto Networks Panorama. My Palo Alto Networks Panorama is a VM version, not a physical box, so from time to time, I have to ensure that the ESXi host hosting Palo Alto Networks Panorama has better capability in terms of IOPs, CPU, and memory. Once the resource requirement is adequate, Palo Alto Networks Panorama does a very good job because the log syncing ensures that the firewalls being managed by Palo Alto Networks Panorama are in sync and communicate with each other very well. Having Palo Alto Networks Panorama makes life easier because we cannot afford downtime, not even minimal downtime. With Palo Alto Networks Panorama, it helps you achieve high availability, whether active-passive or active-active, with ease.
