Cloud Identity Engine Discussions

Cloud Identity Engine is the industry's first cloud-native identity synchronization and authentication service providing a single, secure user identity across Palo Alto Network's on-prem and cloud product lines.

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Why should customers use Cloud Identity Engine and User-ID on the firewall for identity-based security?

Cloud IAM vendors are meant for Identities (managing users and groups), but they do not enforce security policies on these identities as they are not a firewall. With PANW, our customers can authenticate using groups/users in these Cloud IdPs and enf

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How is the cloud Identity Engine different from other IAM vendors (e.g., Okta or Ping or Azure AD)?

Cloud Identity Engine is a broker service and not IAM. It collects user and group information from multiple IAM vendors—like Okta Ping, and similar platforms—making the info uniformly available across all firewalls. Customers will continue to leverag

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