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        Best Practice Assessment for NGFW and Panorama

        Get more protection from the technology you already have

        Strengthen your security with a best practice implementation

        The Palo Alto Networks Best Practice Assessment (BPA) measures your usage of our Next-Generation Firewall and Panorama™ security management capabilities across your deployment, enabling you to make adjustments that maximize your return on investment and strengthen security.

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        Increase visibility with advanced security controls

        Measure your security capabilities with customizable heatmap reports and industry benchmarks.

        Create a roadmap for increased threat prevention

        Reduce opportunities for attack by creating usage baselines and systematically reducing unnecessary applications and user traffic.

        Improve security operations over time

        Stay up to date on the effectiveness of controls by repeating the assessment regularly and demonstrating increased prevention capabilities.

        Quickly Implement Best Practices with BPA+

        The Palo Alto Networks Best Practice Assessment (BPA) measures your usage of our Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Panorama security management capabilities across your deployment, enabling you to make adjustments that strengthen security and maximize your return on investment.

        The Best Practices Assessment Plus (BPA+) fully integrates with BPA to provide customers with the ability to easily remediate failed best practice checks and improve overall adoption and security posture.

        • Improved Security Posture - Ensure expert best practices are being adhered to.
        • Quick & Easy - Deploy and implement best practices easily with the configuration wizard.
        • Maximize Return on Investment - Get the most out of NGFW features with best-practice configurations.


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        Understanding your results

        Once you have a generated a BPA report, get expert advice on how to interpret your results. Watch this video for insights and information about specific best practices and learn how to leverage the report to begin reducing your attack surface.

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