topic Backup settings for firewalls in VM-Series in the Public Cloud

Backup settings for firewalls

tinhnho — Wed, 17 May 2023 15:42:16 GMT

Hi Guys,

I have a few firewalls VM series e and they are in production. The virtual firewalls' configs are being backup by panorama. Since we have multiple admins (systems & networks & managers) who can access portal and are able to create/modify network settings are there ways to prevent people from modifying the production settings (VNET, resource groups, network interfaces, reboot, route tables...etc) of these virtual firewalls?

Thanks.

Re: Backup settings for firewalls in Azure.

OtakarKlier — Thu, 04 May 2023 21:43:23 GMT

Hello,

While there are roles to assign to users so they have 'read only' or limited access, I doubt this is what you are looking for?

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/11-0/panorama-admin/panorama-overview/role-based-access-control/administrative-roles

I would honestly setup email or SIEM alerts to any changes to either the Palo Alto or the Azure tenant. You wont be able to prevent it, but at least you are alerted to a change and who made it, etc.

Regards,

Re: Backup settings for firewalls in Azure.

OtakarKlier — Thu, 04 May 2023 22:06:44 GMT

Hello,

While I do not know how to perform that action via Azure, you might want to read their documentation or try a search?

Regards,