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Palo Alto Networks Certified Next-Generation Firewall Engineer NGFW-Engineer · Domain 3: Integration and automation

Strata Cloud Manager and cloud-delivered management

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Last reviewed September 30, 2026 · Leer en español

Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) is Palo Alto's cloud-delivered management platform for network security. Instead of installing Panorama as an appliance or virtual machine, you manage next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) and Prisma Access from a web console hosted by Palo Alto. It brings configuration, visibility and AI-driven operations together in one place, and because it is a cloud service there is no management server for you to size, patch or back up.

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