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A root cause analysis investigation into a recent security incident reveals that several decryption rules have been disabled. The security team wants to generate email alerts when decryption rules…

The correct answer is B. With the relevant configuration log filter inside Device > Log Settings. To generate email alerts for changes to decryption rules, configure a configuration log filter with email forwarding within Device > Log Settings.

Submitted by joshua94· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

A root cause analysis investigation into a recent security incident reveals that several decryption rules have been disabled. The security team wants to generate email alerts when decryption rules are changed. How should email log forwarding be configured to achieve this goal?

Options

  • AWith the relevant system log filter inside Device > Log Settings
  • BWith the relevant configuration log filter inside Device > Log Settings
  • CWith the relevant configuration log filter inside Objects > Log Forwarding
  • DWith the relevant system log filter inside Objects > Log Forwarding

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    19% (7)
  • B
    73% (27)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

To generate email alerts for changes to decryption rules, configure a configuration log filter with email forwarding within Device > Log Settings.

AWith the relevant system log filter inside Device > Log Settings

System logs record operational events of the firewall, not changes to security policy configurations like decryption rules.

BWith the relevant configuration log filter inside Device > Log SettingsCorrect

Changes to security policies, including decryption rules, are recorded as configuration logs, and the filters for these logs are applied in Device > Log Settings to trigger email alerts via a configured log forwarding profile.

CWith the relevant configuration log filter inside Objects > Log Forwarding

While Objects > Log Forwarding defines the log forwarding profiles, the specific log type filters (like for configuration logs) are defined under Device > Log Settings.

DWith the relevant system log filter inside Objects > Log Forwarding

System logs do not capture configuration changes, and the specific log filtering definition is done under Device > Log Settings, not directly in Objects > Log Forwarding.

Concept tested: Log forwarding configuration for alerts

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-1/pan-os-admin/monitoring/configure-log-forwarding/configure-log-forwarding-to-an-email-server

Topics

#Log Forwarding#Configuration Logs#Email Alerts#Security Monitoring

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