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A firewall has Security policies from three sources: 1. locally created policies 2. shared device group policies as pre-rules 3. the firewall's device group as post-rules How will the rule order…

The correct answer is C. shared device group policies, local policies, firewall device group policies. In Panorama, security policy rules are evaluated in a strict hierarchy when pushed to managed firewalls: Shared pre-rules → Device group pre-rules → Local (firewall-level) rules → Device group post-rules → Shared post-rules. In this scenario, the shared device group policies…

Submitted by amina.ke· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

A firewall has Security policies from three sources: 1. locally created policies 2. shared device group policies as pre-rules 3. the firewall's device group as post-rules How will the rule order populate once pushed to the firewall?

Options

  • Ashared device group policies, firewall device group policies, local policies.
  • Bfirewall device group policies, local policies, shared device group policies
  • Cshared device group policies, local policies, firewall device group policies
  • Dlocal policies, firewall device group policies, shared device group policies

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    83% (20)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

In Panorama, security policy rules are evaluated in a strict hierarchy when pushed to managed firewalls: Shared pre-rules → Device group pre-rules → Local (firewall-level) rules → Device group post-rules → Shared post-rules. In this scenario, the shared device group policies are configured as pre-rules, the local policies are firewall-level rules, and the firewall's own device group policies are post-rules. This maps directly to the order: shared device group (pre-rules) → local policies → firewall device group (post-rules), which is answer C. Pre-rules from higher levels always take precedence over local rules, which in turn take precedence over post-rules from higher levels.

Topics

#Palo Alto Panorama#Security Policy#Rule Order#Policy Inheritance

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