# Standards and Frameworks - Palo Alto NGFW

## Industry Standards

- **NIST SP 800-41 Rev 1** - Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy
- **NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5** - SC-7 (Boundary Protection), AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement)
- **CIS Controls v8** - Control 4 (Secure Configuration), Control 9 (Email and Web Browser Protections), Control 13 (Network Monitoring and Defense)
- **PCI DSS v4.0** - Requirement 1 (Install and Maintain Network Security Controls)
- **ISO 27001:2022** - A.13.1 (Network Security Management)

## Palo Alto Specific Standards

- **PAN-OS Security Configuration Benchmark** - CIS Benchmark for Palo Alto firewalls
- **Best Practices for Completing NGFW Deployment** - docs.paloaltonetworks.com
- **Security Policy Best Practices** - Application-based rules, zone segmentation
- **SSL Decryption Best Practices** - Certificate management, excluded categories
- **Threat Prevention Best Practices** - Profile configuration for AV, AS, VP, URL, WildFire

## Compliance Mapping

| Control | PAN-OS Feature |
|---------|---------------|
| Access Control (AC-4) | Security Policies with App-ID and User-ID |
| Boundary Protection (SC-7) | Zone-based architecture with inter-zone policies |
| Malicious Code Protection (SI-3) | WildFire, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware profiles |
| Audit and Accountability (AU-3) | Traffic, Threat, URL, WildFire logging |
| Encryption (SC-8) | SSL/TLS decryption and inspection |
| DoS Protection (SC-5) | Zone Protection profiles with flood thresholds |
