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The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls provide true, complete visibility everywhere, along with precise policy control. This resource page provides information from getting started guides to many other trouble-shooting docs. Ask your questions or provide insightful answers in the discussion forum specific to Next-Generation Firewall.

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Muhammad_Fitri 01-24-2026	Website unreachable hi my customer got an issue regarding palo alto. This issue happens thismorning, no changes was done beforehand. The website was still accessibleyeste... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	80	1
A.Patel769959 01-23-2026	HSCI port - amber blinking LED on both primary and secondary devices (5445) Hey guys I have 2 PA-5445 in HA setup, I noticed that the HSCI port shows blinking amber LED on both sides. Dashboard shows HA is up. Should it be gre... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	330	1
H.Thiam 01-23-2026	Azure to OnPrem Connectivity issue We have migrated our on-premises firewall from FortiGate to Palo Alto and are experiencing an issue with VPN traffic routing that previously worked as... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	564	0
Kyungsoo-Choi 01-20-2026	Question about Wildfire signature updates in Palo Alto Active-Passive mode. Hi, Currently, the customer has a configuration where signature updates are performed on the passive device and then synchronized with the active devi... — Read more posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	519	1
J.Yeleti 01-16-2026	What is the Palo Alto recommended standard for Vulnerabilty Profiles, is it to block Critical and High Alerts? or to block medium alerts as well? What is the Palo Alto recommended standard for Vulnerabilty Profiles, is it to block Critical and High Alerts? or to block medium alerts as well? posted in Next-Generation Firewall Discussions	1296	1

Blogs

Introducing Compliance Center: A Unified Approach to Regulatory and Security Compliance

12-09-2025 — As digital transformation accelerates, so does the risk of "audit fatigue," leaving your security team overwhelmed. Today, we launch Compliance Center, a unified dashboard that automatically assesses your entire Palo Alto Networks deployment again... — Read more

Labels: Audit Fatigue CIS CSC cloud security Compliance Compliance Center Compliance Monitoring GRC network security NGFW NIST CSF PCI DSS Prisma Access Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Security Compliance Security Reporting Strata Cloud Manager
1191 by DRanjit in Community Blogs

Supercharge Your Web Security: Announcing PA-5450 Support for Web Proxy

11-18-2025 — We're excited to announce full Web Proxy support on the high-performance PA-5450 Next-Generation Firewall with PAN-OS 12.1.2 (Orion). This allows you to consolidate your security stack, leveraging the PA-5450’s power for full SSL decryption, Advan... — Read more

Labels: Advanced Threat Prevention App-ID Data Loss Prevention DLP Next-Generation Firewall NGFW Orion PA-5450 PAN-OS 12.1.2 Security Consolidation SSL Decryption User-ID Web Proxy
1475 by vekrishnan in Community Blogs

Ignite & Activate: How Advanced WildFire is Disrupting Malware with Code Genes

11-17-2025 — Malware evolution is now fueled by LLMs, bypassing manual security. We're introducing Code Gene, a revolutionary capability in Advanced WildFire that automates defense using software genomics. Code Gene instantly analyzes executables to find resil... — Read more

Labels: Advanced WildFire Advanced WildFire malware detection AI-powered malware prevention Automated YARA rule generation Code Gene malware analysis LLMs Malware Malware code reuse detection NGFW Precision AI Security Services Threat Prevention WildFire
1174 by lizwang in Community Blogs

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Enhances Security for Virtualized Workloads on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

05-19-2025 — We're excited to announce that Palo Alto Networks VM-Series next-generation firewalls are now supported on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. This integration provides more seamless, robust security capabilities for your workloads running on Red Ha... — Read more

Labels: firewall Kubevirt AI network security NGFW OpenShift virtualization Runtime security Software Firewall Threat protection VM-Series ZeroTrust
2846 by jpunia in Community Blogs

Prisma AIRS Helps Protect Containers and AI Apps Running on Red Hat OpenShift

05-19-2025 — Palo Alto Networks is pleased to announce that Prisma AIRS™ now supports Red Hat OpenShift, the industry leading hybrid cloud applications platform powered by Kubernetes. With this release, customers can bring AI-powered threat prevention for runt... — Read more

Labels: AI firewall network security Next-Generation Firewall NGFW Prisma AIRS RedHat OpenShift Runtime security Software Firewall Threat protection ZeroTrust
3876 1 by cudeshi in Community Blogs

Articles

Custom Signatures With ChatGPT and AI Security

12-19-2025 — We all know ChatGPT can write code and articles, but can it automate the specialized task of threat mitigation? We set out to test the capabilities of AI by asking it to generate a Palo Alto Networks custom signature. Before diving into the experiment, let's establish some foundational context... — Read more

Labels: AI AI Security Custom Signatures cyberelite NGFW Prisma Access Prisma AIRS
4658 2 5 by nikoolayy1 in General Articles

Rate-Limiting File Uploads with Palo Alto Networks Custom Signatures

10-13-2025 — Learn how to rate-limit file upload requests on Palo Alto Networks firewalls using custom vulnerability and combination signatures.This step-by-step guide shows you how to identify your upload endpoint, build precise signature conditions, and enfo... — Read more

Labels: Custom Signatures cyberelite file upload NGFW Prisma Access
6185 3 2 by nikoolayy1 in General Articles

Support FAQ: How to Troubleshoot BGP on Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

06-05-2025 — Most days, BGP runs quietly in the background. BGP advertises routes that keep your WAN, VPN, cloud environments, and public services connected and reachable. Until it doesn’t. And when BGP breaks, it’s not just a routing issue, it’s unreachable services and frustrated users. This guide will h... — Read more

Labels: How to NGFW support Troubleshooting
8787 4 by JayGolf in Support FAQ

Palo Alto Networks NAT Session Distribution as a Way to Implement Server Load Balancing

05-30-2025 — The Palo Alto Network Destination NAT Session Distribution can be used to implement similar to Load Balancer functionality by using one of the "distribution" methods. — Read more

Labels: NAT Next-Generation Firewall NGFW
7771 4 2 by nikoolayy1 in General Articles

Prisma Access Agent

05-13-2025 — Learn about Overview of Prisma Access Agent NGFW & Prisma Access Support Information and Licensing High level Architecture Authentication Gateway Selection and Tunnel Establishment PAA Specific features — Read more

Labels: NGFW Prisma Access Agent
1724 by svaidya in Prisma Access Webinars