Cloud Identity Engine Discussions

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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 enforce identity-based security policies (URL Filtering, Cred Phishing, etc.) Customers can achieve ...

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 leverage their IAM providers; however, they no longer need to connect every IAM with every firewall. C...

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Welcome to the Cloud Identity Engine Discussions!

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

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