GlobalProtect Overview Whether checking email from home or updating corporate documents from the airport, the majority of today's employees work outside the physical corporate boundaries. This increased workforce mobility brings increased productivity and flexibility while simultaneously introducing significant security risks. Every time users leave the building with their laptops or mobile devices they are bypassing the corporate firewall and associated policies that are designed to protect both the user and the network. GlobalProtect solves the security challenges introduced by roaming users by extending the same next-generation firewall-based policies that are enforced within the physical perimeter to all users, no matter where they are located. The following sections provide conceptual information about the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect offering and describe the components of GlobalProtect and the various deployment scenarios: About the GlobalProtect Components What Client OS Version are Supported with GlobalProtect? About GlobalProtect Licenses GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide 1
About the GlobalProtect Components GlobalProtect Overview About the GlobalProtect Components GlobalProtect provides a complete infrastructure for managing your mobile workforce to enable secure access for all your users, regardless of what devices they are using or where they are located. This infrastructure includes the following components: GlobalProtect Portal GlobalProtect Gateways GlobalProtect Client GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager GlobalProtect Portal The GlobalProtect portal provides the management functions for your GlobalProtect infrastructure. Every client system that participates in the GlobalProtect network receives configuration information from the portal, including information about available gateways as well as any client certificates that may be required to connect to the GlobalProtect gateway(s) and/or the Mobile Security Manager. In addition, the portal controls the behavior and distribution of the GlobalProtect agent software to both Mac and Windows laptops. (On mobile devices, the GlobalProtect app is distributed through the Apple App Store for ios devices or through Google Play for Android devices.) If you are using the Host Information Profile (HIP) feature, the portal also defines what information to collect from the host, including any custom information you require. You Configure the GlobalProtect Portal on an interface on any Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall. GlobalProtect Gateways GlobalProtect gateways provide security enforcement for traffic from GlobalProtect agents/apps. Additionally, if the HIP feature is enabled, the gateway generates a HIP report from the raw host data the clients submit and can use this information in policy enforcement. External gateways Provide security enforcement and/or virtual private network (VPN) access for your remote users. Internal gateways An interface on the internal network configured as a GlobalProtect gateway for applying security policy for access to internal resources. When used in conjunction with User-ID and/or HIP checks, an internal gateway can be used to provide a secure, accurate method of identifying and controlling traffic by user and/or device state. Internal gateways are useful in sensitive environments where authenticated access to critical resources is required. You can configure an internal gateway in either tunnel mode or non-tunnel mode. You Configure GlobalProtect Gateways on an interface on any Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall. You can run both a gateway and a portal on the same firewall, or you can have multiple, distributed gateways throughout your enterprise. 2 GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide
GlobalProtect Overview About the GlobalProtect Components GlobalProtect Client The GlobalProtect client software runs on end user systems and enables access to your network resources via the GlobalProtect portals and gateways you have deployed. There are two types of GlobalProtect clients: The GlobalProtect Agent Runs on Windows and Mac OS systems and is deployed from the GlobalProtect portal. You configure the behavior of the agent for example, which tabs the users can see, whether or not users can uninstall the agent in the client configuration(s) you define on the portal. See Define the GlobalProtect Client Configurations, Customize the GlobalProtect Agent, and Deploy the GlobalProtect Agent Software for details. The GlobalProtect App Runs on ios and Android devices. Users must obtain the GlobalProtect app from the Apple App Store (for ios) or Google Play (for Android). See What Client OS Version are Supported with GlobalProtect? for more details. The following diagram illustrates how the GlobalProtect portals, gateways, and agents/apps work together to enable secure access for all your users, regardless of what devices they are using or where they are located. GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide 3
About the GlobalProtect Components GlobalProtect Overview GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager The GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager provides management, visibility, and automated configuration deployment for mobile devices either company provisioned or employee owned on your network. Because the Mobile Security Manager is part of the integrated GlobalProtect mobile solution, the GlobalProtect gateway can leverage information about managed devices and use the extended host information collected by the Mobile Security Manager to provide enhanced security policy enforcement for managed devices. Gateways retrieve the extended HIP profiles from the Mobile Security Manager and use the information to enforce security policies for devices that connect to your network. The deployment policies you create on the Mobile Security Manager provide simplified account provisioning to mobile device users for access to your corporate applications (such as email and VPN configurations). You can also perform certain actions such as locking the device, sounding an alarm to help locate the device, or even wiping a device that has been compromised. To communicate with a device, the Mobile Security Manager sends a push notification over the air (OTA). For ios devices, it sends push notifications over the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) and for Android devices it sends them using the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). When a device receives a push notification, it checks in by establishing an HTTPS connection to the device check-in interface on the Mobile Security Manager. When a device checks in with the Mobile Security Manager, it submits host information that includes additional information beyond what the GlobalProtect gateway collects, including a list of all installed apps, the location of the device at the time of check-in (this can be disabled), whether the device has a passcode set, and/or whether it is rooted/jailbroken. In addition, if the Mobile Security Manager has a WildFire subscription, it can detect whether a device has Malware (Android devices only). By leveraging the extended HIP data that the Mobile Security Manager collects, you can create a very granular security policy for mobile device users on your GlobalProtect gateways. See Set Up the GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager for more information. 4 GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide
GlobalProtect Overview What Client OS Version are Supported with GlobalProtect? What Client OS Version are Supported with GlobalProtect? The following table summarizes the supported GlobalProtect following desktop, laptop, and mobile devices and the minimum PAN-OS and GlobalProtect agent/app versions required to support each one: Supported Client OS Versions Apple Mac OS 10.6 Apple Mac OS 10.7 Apple Mac OS 10.8 Apple Mac OS 10.9 Windows XP (32-bit) Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Surface Pro Apple ios 6.0* Apple ios 7.0* Apple ios 8.0* Minimum Agent/App Version 1.1 1.1 1.1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 app 1.3 app 2.1 app Minimum PAN-OS Version 4.1.0 or later 4.0 or later 4.1.0 or later Google Android 4.0.3 or later* 1.3 app 4.1.6 or later Third-party X-Auth IPsec Clients: VPNC on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and CentOS 6 ios built-in IPsec client Android built-in IPsec client N/A 5.0 or later * The 2.0 app is required for a device to be managed by the GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager and the firewall must be running PAN-OS 6.0. Users must obtain the GlobalProtect app from the Apple App Store (for ios) or Google Play (for Android). For information on how to distribute the GlobalProtect agent, see Deploy the GlobalProtect Agent Software GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide 5
About GlobalProtect Licenses GlobalProtect Overview About GlobalProtect Licenses If you simply want to use GlobalProtect to provide a secure, remote access or virtual private network (VPN) solution via a single, external gateway, you do not need any GlobalProtect licenses. However, to use some of the more advanced features, such as multiple gateways, mobile apps, mobile security management, host information checks, or internal gateways, you may need to purchase one or more of the following licenses: Portal license A one-time perpetual license that must be installed on the firewall running the portal to enable internal gateway support, multiple gateways (internal or external), and/or HIP checks. Gateway subscription An annual subscription that enables HIP checks and associated content updates. This license must be installed on each firewall running a gateway(s) that performs HIP checks. In addition, the gateway license enables support for the GlobalProtect mobile app for ios and Android. GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager Capacity License on the GP-100 appliance A one-time perpetual license for the Mobile Security Manager based on the number of mobile devices to be managed. This license is only required if you plan to manage more than 500 mobile devices. Perpetual licenses are available for up to 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, or 100,000 mobile devices. GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager WildFire subscription on the GP-100 appliance Used with GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager for detecting APK malware on managed Android devices. To enable malware detection for use with the GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager, you must purchase a WildFire subscription that matches the capacity of your GlobalProtect Mobile Security Manager license. See Activate Licenses for information on installing licenses on the firewall. See Activate/Retrieve the Licenses for information on installing licenses on the Mobile Security Manager. 6 GlobalProtect Administrator s Guide