Welcome to our May 2023 Rewind, where we review some of LIVEcommunity’s biggest headlines from the past month! In May, we shared a new product page Cloud NGFW for Azure, Member Testimonials, helpful GlobalProtect 6.2 content for GP users, new PANCast podcast episodes, and more! Read on to see community’s May 2023 highlights. Cloud NGFW for Azure leverages machine learning to stop more zero-day attacks than traditional security solutions. It enables you to manage network security centrally using Panorama and easily extend best-in-class security when your network extends to Azure. This is your one-stop shop for all documentation, videos, discussions, and more related to Palo Alto Networks' Cloud NGFW for Azure, a fully managed, Azure-native, next-generation firewall service. In today's digital landscape, where remote work and connectivity are the new norm, organizations require robust and secure solutions to enable seamless access to their networks, resources, and the internet. Check out how some of the latest features introduced in GlobalProtect 6.2 excel at accomplishing exactly that. Plus: Prisma Access 4.0 Adds Explicit Proxy Support to GlobalProtect Agent 6.2 LIVEcommunity aims to be a helpful, easy-to-use resource for Palo Alto Networks customers. In this video series, community members from around the world share their experience on LIVEcommunity, the importance of connecting with peers in cybersecurity, and what keeps them coming back. Check out our most recent testimonials: LIVEcommunity Member Testimonial: Tom Piens @ReaperIn his interview, Tom says that the LIVEcommunity allows him to communicate with others on a human level and find solutions to problems that he might face. He observes that the community has become a platform where people can converse, share their experiences, and find answers to their questions. LIVEcommunity Member Testimonial: Kim Wens @KiwiKim talks about the fast response times to questions and problems that are posted - noting that most are answered within 24 hours. This makes LIVEcommunity a first stop for many Palo Alto Networks customers and partners, as it makes it faster and easier to find an answer to their questions. It's bigger and better: the Code to Cloud Cybersecurity Summit returns on June 21-22 and July 11, 2023. We're gathering the most loved experts and up-and-coming voices in the cloud, DevOps and security to share their key insights and unique perspectives. Tune in to our DevOps and SecOps tracks, where you'll discover practical how-tos and visionary ideas that you can apply to your day-to-day work. You'll be joined by thousands of your peers as you hear from 25+ speakers across 20+ keynotes, technical sessions, roundtable discussions, hands-on labs and more. Register now for the Code to Cloud Cybersecurity Summit While digitization has simplified many organizational tasks, it has simultaneously made other facets of business more complex, including an ever-growing attack surface. As the number of connected devices and online services continues to grow, identifying all of these assets and potential vulnerabilities is a challenge. Implementing effective security measures becomes more difficult, especially if you are relying on manual inventory processes. Read this blog to learn more about what attack surface challenges do organizations face, how to better understand your attack surface, and how the unit 42 attack surface assessment can help you gain full visibility of your on-premise and cloud environments. New PANCast Episodes: Panorama Logging and GlobalProtect TroubleshootingEach month brings to new episodes of PANCast, a Palo Alto Networks podcast, to our members! Check them out: PANCast Episode 17: GlobalProtect Connections and Troubleshooting PANCast Episode 18: Panorama as Logging Solution Repetitive workflows and manual handling of similar events take up a considerable amount of time and leave you unable to focus on alerts and tasks that really matter. Cortex XDR 3.6 now includes simple automation that nullifies redundant workflows, eliminates human error and reduces the amount of headcount required for low tier analysts. Developed from understanding the need for automating day to day activities natively within the product, XDR can now automate responses where we already know the entire workflow, thereby eliminating tier 1 and tier 2 level decisions. This allows SOC analysts to focus on alerts that really matter. Palo Alto Networks' Commit and Config Locks are important features that help ensure the integrity of network configurations and prevent unauthorized changes. The Commit operation, in Palo Alto Networks devices, is the process of applying configuration changes made to the device to the running configuration. It is an essential step in the configuration process, as it allows the changes to take effect and be enforced. Before committing configuration changes, administrators can preview the changes and validate them to ensure that they are accurate and won't cause any disruption to the network. With the release of XSOAR 8.X, the hosted offering of XSOAR was changed to that of a SaaS architecture. This is a fantastic advancement that further decreases the customer’s responsibility for their XSOAR instance but also increases the stability of their environment. To best explain why the move to SaaS is awesome, let's clarify what SaaS is and the difference between XSOAR 6.X Hosted and XSOAR 8.X SaaS. In today's digital world, where encryption is all around us, SSL decryption becomes a real superhero in the fight against hidden threats and bolstering network security. Luckily, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall comes to the rescue with its powerful SSL decryption capabilities. With these tools, organizations can gain insight into encrypted traffic, spot potential risks, and take proactive measures to keep their network safe and sound. Dive into the steps of enabling SSL inbound decryption in this Tips & Tricks blog! May ‘23 Discussion Highlights: Posts With Accepted SolutionsNominated Discussions help LIVEcommunity Solutions Engineers highlight a discussion that has an Accepted Solution, and turn it into an article with additional helpful information, documentation, and clarity! Here are the Nominated Discussions we published this past month: You're now fully briefed on LIVEcommunity's May 2023 highlights! If this was helpful, be sure to give this blog a thumbs up. 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