Palo Alto Networks Panorama Connector Guide

Palo Alto Networks Panorama management server provides centralized monitoring and management of multiple next-generation firewalls and appliance clusters. The Balbix integration with Palo Alto Networks Panorama ingests IT infrastructure assets.

Balbix leverages AI to aggregate, normalize, and deduplicate ingested data, along with information integrated from your existing IT and cybersecurity tools. This creates a unified view of your entire asset inventory, including vulnerabilities and their business and operational context. Balbix’s AI models then analyze this data to provide insights such as deployment gap analysis, risk-based vulnerability prioritization (with detailed ranking and scoring), and risk quantification. This process delivers a comprehensive assessment of risk, whether for a single asset, groups of assets, or your entire enterprise, enabling more informed and effective security decisions.

Integration Summary

This table provides a summary of the Balbix integration for the Palo Alto Networks Panorama connector.

Integration Type	Fetch: An inbound API integration used to fetch IT infrastructure assets.
Types of Assets Fetched	Host device including servers, virtual machines, desktops, laptops.
Types of Data Fetched	Asset names, interface information (IP address),asset types.

Prerequisites

To configure the Balbix connector, you must first create Palo Alto Networks Panorama API credentials with the appropriate permissions. These credentials are required for completing the configuration process. Here’s what you’ll need:

Panorama Domain: The hostname or IP address of the Palo Alto Panorama server or PA Firewall server.
User Name and Password: The credentials for a user account with the necessary permissions to fetch assets. The user must be assigned a Superuser (read-only) role. Read how to associate the Superuser role with an account.

Create and Configure the Connector

After you have completed the prerequisites, follow these steps to create and configure your Balbix connector for Palo Alto Networks Panorama.

Step 1: Select the Connector

Start by selecting a connector using the steps outlined below:

Go to Data Sources from the left navigation bar.
In the Connectors table, click + Add Connector.
Click Select a Connector to Configure to expand the window and view the list of available connectors.
Click the + icon on the Palo Alto Networks Panorama tile.
Click Next to configure the connector.

Step 2: Configure the Connector

Configure the connector using the steps outlined below:

Fill in the required configuration fields.

	Instance Name
	Palo Alto Networks Panorama Firewall IP
	Palo Alto Networks Panorama Username	Enter the username for the user account with the necessary permissions to fetch assets.
	Palo Alto Networks Panorama Password	Enter the password for the user account with the necessary permissions to fetch assets.