Security policy hygiene
Broad access, rule order, application controls, unused-rule candidates, and documented exceptions. Recommendations reflect business requirements and observed traffic.
Palo Alto Networks Firewall Health Check
Palo Alto firewall
health check.
Know the gaps.
A focused review of your Palo Alto Networks NGFW and Panorama configuration, delivered by U.S.-based engineers. Get a prioritized remediation plan your team can put to work.
A useful starting point
Before the next change,
understand what is there.
A health check helps when you have inherited an environment, completed a migration, accumulated years of policy changes, or are preparing for a significant upgrade.
We agree on the firewalls, HA pairs, virtual systems, Panorama components, evidence sources, and business priorities in scope. Pricing and timing follow that scope.
What we review
Configuration detail.
Operational context.
Security profile coverage
Profiles on applicable allow rules, with recommendations that account for your traffic, subscriptions, inspection limits, and PAN-OS version.
Logging & visibility
Rule logging, forwarding profiles, destinations, and evidence that expected events reach your monitoring systems.
Administrative access
Permitted management sources, enabled services, administrator access, and authentication controls.
Panorama consistency
Device groups, templates, inheritance, and local overrides, including whether exceptions match your intended design.
HA & change readiness
Peer state, configuration synchronization, available backups, and rollback preparation for the agreed environment.
What you receive
Findings with a way forward.
01
Executive summary
Material risks, business implications, and recommended priorities in a concise decision brief.
02
Evidence-linked findings
Affected configuration, observed condition, risk, recommendation, and verification criteria.
03
Remediation roadmap
Dependencies, suggested sequencing, ownership, and change considerations.
04
Engineering readout
A working session to review findings, discuss exceptions, and agree on next steps.
When it makes sense
Signs your firewalls
are due for a review.
A health check is most useful at a turning point, when the next change is coming and nobody is fully sure what the current configuration allows.
01
The rule base outgrew its owners
Hundreds of rules, many without comments or a known requester, and a team reluctant to remove any of them.
02
An upgrade or refresh is coming
The firewalls are a major PAN-OS release behind, or new hardware is on order, and you want a clean baseline before anything moves.
03
You inherited the environment
A migration from another vendor, a merger, or staff turnover left firewalls that work but were never documented.
04
Someone is going to ask
An audit, a customer security questionnaire, or an insurance renewal will ask how the firewalls are configured and logged.
How it runs
Four steps, no production changes.
01
Scoping call
We agree on the firewalls, HA pairs, virtual systems, and Panorama components in scope, and the business priorities behind the review.
02
Evidence collection
Configuration evidence is shared through the method agreed during scoping. Nothing is changed on your firewalls during the review.
03
Review and findings
Engineers work through the six review areas and write each finding with the affected configuration, the risk, and how to verify the fix.
04
Readout and roadmap
A working session with your team to walk through the findings, settle exceptions, and agree on the order of remediation.
A defined engagement
Review first.
Plan the changes together.
The health check is a configuration and operational-readiness review. Production changes, penetration testing, continuous monitoring, and incident response require separately agreed services.
We establish an approved method for sharing configuration evidence during scoping. Please keep credentials and configuration exports out of your initial inquiry.
Understand the engagement processQuestions
Health check questions.
Will the health check change anything on our firewalls?
No. The health check is a configuration and operational-readiness review. Production changes require a separately agreed service.
What do you need from us to start?
A scoping call to agree on the firewalls, HA pairs, virtual systems, and Panorama components in scope, and your priorities. Please keep credentials and configuration exports out of your first inquiry; we agree on a sharing method during scoping.
Is a health check the same as a penetration test?
No. It reviews how the firewalls are configured and operated. Penetration testing, continuous monitoring, and incident response are separate services.
How long does it take and what does it cost?
Both depend on scope, mainly the number of firewalls, virtual systems, and Panorama components. Pricing and timing are set once scope is agreed.
What happens after the readout?
Your team can work through the remediation roadmap directly, or we can scope the changes as a separate engagement. Either way, each finding includes the criteria for verifying it is fixed.
Move forward with confidence
Start with a clearer
view of your firewall estate.
Tell us about your firewalls, Panorama deployment, and upcoming changes.