Transforming Palo Alto Firewall Logs into Actionable Insights Using Falcon LogScale

In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, the ability to effectively monitor and analyze firewall logs is crucial for maintaining robust network security. Palo Alto Networks firewalls generate a wealth of log data, but without the right tools, extracting actionable insights can be challenging. Crowdstrike’s Falcon LogScale (previously known as Humio), is a next-generation SIEM solution that enables seamless ingestion, parsing, and visualization of Palo Alto Networks firewall events. In this blog, we’ll explore how you can leverage Data Elicit Solutions’ custom-built parsers and dashboards for Falcon LogScale to unlock the full potential of your Palo Alto firewall logs.

Parsing Logs

The cornerstone of this package is the paloalto-firewall parser, designed to efficiently parse and categorize various log types generated by Palo Alto Networks firewalls. This parser allows you to transform raw log data into structured formats that can be easily visualized and analyzed. The parser normalizes data to a common schema called CrowdStrike Parsing Standard (CPS). This schema allows you to search the data without knowing the data specifically, and just knowing the common schema instead. It also allows you to combine the data more easily with other data sources which conform to the same schema.

It currently supports messages of Traffic, Threat, HIP Match, GlobalProtect, IP-Tag, User-ID, Decryption, Tunnel Inspection, SCTP, Config, Authentication, System, Correlated Events and GTP types.

Pre-Built Dashboards for Quick Insights

To help you get the most out of your Palo Alto Networks logs, we’ve created a set of pre-built dashboards. These dashboards are designed to provide quick, actionable insights across different aspects of your firewall operations, activity, and security threats. The package includes dashboards for:

File & Web Activities

Global Protect & SaaS Activities

User Behavior Activity

Firewall system & configurations

Real time operations feed

Malware threats

Email & Network Security

SaaS Security

Wildfire Submissions

With Palo Alto Firewall logs successfully ingested into Falcon Logscale, SOC team can gain access to a wealth of actionable insights and can proactively address the treats and issues. The Palo Alto Networks Dashboards provides efficient visualization and insights as shown in the pictures.

Conclusion

Falcon LogScale, combined with the Data Elicit Solutions’ Palo Alto Networks package, provides a powerful solution for visualizing and analyzing Palo Alto Networks firewall logs. By using these tools, you can gain deeper insights into your network’s security posture, ensure compliance, and respond to threats with greater agility.

Ready to dive deeper?

This blog provides a general overview. Falcon LogScale is a high performing data logging solution with real time observability. We provide custom packages for Falcon LogScale that can provide effortless onboarding and insightful analysis of your log data.

Checkout LogConnector, our custom application that serves as the bridge between your organization’s data sources and Crowdstrike Falcon Logscale. With LogConnector, you can say goodbye to data ingestion complexities and leverage benefits of prebuilt connectors and dashboards that simplify your Falcon LogScale administration. Here at Data Elicit Solutions, we’re passionate about helping organizations unlock the full potential of their security data. Our team of experts is here to answer your questions and guide you through the implementation process.

Get in touch with us today to learn more about:

LogConnector features and benefits

Palo Alto Networks package for Falcon LogScale

How LogConnector and Falcon LogScale can enhance your IT & Security Operations

Ready to transform your firewall logs into actionable insights? Contact us today to learn how Falcon LogScale can help you achieve your cybersecurity goals.