Frequently Asked Questions About Policy Analyzer and Optimizer

Can Cisco AI Assistant analyze and remediate policies instead of manually doing it using Policy Analyzer and Optimizer?

The Cisco AI Assistant collaborates with Policy Analyzer and Optimizer to scrutinize policies with anomalies and notify users. However, the AI Assistant cannot automatically analyze and remediate policies.

Can Policy Analyzer and Optimizer detect new changes to an already-analyzed policy and run analysis again on the same policy?

No, the Policy Analyzer and Optimizer can analyze policies only when manually triggered or at a 24-hour scheduled policy analysis run.

For a shared policy, does the Policy Analyzer and Optimizer provide individual device-based reports?

No. The Policy Analyzer and Optimizer provides reports only based on the access policy analysis data.

I am an On-Premises Firewall Management Center user. Should I purchase the Security Cloud Control base license to use the Policy Analyzer and Optimizer?

No. The Policy Analyzer and Optimizer comes as part of an existing or a newly created Security Cloud Control tenant during the Cisco Security Cloud integration.

I provisioned a Security Cloud Control tenant when I integrated my On-Premises Firewall Management Center with the Cisco Security Cloud. What other features, except Policy Analyzer and Optimizer, can I leverage in Security Cloud Control?

You can only leverage Policy Analyzer and Optimizer capabilities of this Security Cloud Control tenant. To use other features of Security Cloud Control, you need to purchase the Security Cloud Control base license and other device-specific licenses.

For an On-Premises Firewall Management Center on which the change management workflow is enabled and there are policies with pending changes to be approved, can the Policy Analyzer and Optimizer still apply remediations those policies?

No. The remediation will be hindered with an error saying the policies are locked for use.

Is there a maximum number of rules that Policy Analyzer and Optimizer can analyze in a policy?

There are no such limits. The Policy Analyzer and Optimizer can analyze any number of policies and rules. However, when the policies have more number of rules, the analysis takes a long time too.

What is the difference between disable rules and delete rules? Which is the better option?

Deleting a rule removes the rule completely from the device memory. However, disabling a rule keeps it in the device memory as a backup and does not get deployed to the device.

If a policy remediation fails when it is partially done, are the changes automatically revoked by Policy Analyzer and Optimizer?

No. In such a case, you get a failure notification and a remediation report. You can read the report to know which rules were impacted by the half-done remediation, manually revoke the changes, and start the remediation all over again.