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Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'
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Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'

Tom Piens is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a distinguished career closely tied to Palo Alto Networks. With over two decades of experience in the field, Tom has played a pivotal role in shaping the digital defense landscape. His journey began as the first international (outside of the continental US) support engineer at Palo Alto Networks, where he rapidly ascended the ranks due to his remarkable aptitude for innovative solutions. Beyond his technical prowess, Tom's passion for knowledge transfer has made him a sought-after mentor. He's been instrumental in cultivating a dynamic learning environment within the Palo Alto Networks LIVE community, fostering a culture of continuous growth and excellence. His innate ability to simplify complex concepts has empowered his colleagues to stay at the forefront of cybersecurity trends.
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User-ID basics

In this section, we will learn how to set up the basics needed to identify users by preparing Active Directory and configuring the agent/agentless configuration to collect user-to-IP mappings. One universal truth is that for User-ID to work, the interface that receives connections from the users that need to be identified needs to have User-ID enabled in its zone, as you can see in the following screenshot:

Figure 6.1 – User-ID in a zone

Figure 6.1: User-ID in a zone

This setting needs to be active in local zones, or remote zones (such as VPNs) that receive user sessions, but should not be enabled for untrusted zones such as internet uplinks. In the include list, you can limit subnets to which User-ID is applied or exclude specific subnets by adding them to the exclude list.

We first need to prepare Active Directory before we can start the firewall configuration.

Preparing Active Directory and setting up the agents

One of the first steps we need to take is to enable audit...

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Tom Piens aka Piens aka 'reaper'

Tom Piens is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a distinguished career closely tied to Palo Alto Networks. With over two decades of experience in the field, Tom has played a pivotal role in shaping the digital defense landscape. His journey began as the first international (outside of the continental US) support engineer at Palo Alto Networks, where he rapidly ascended the ranks due to his remarkable aptitude for innovative solutions. Beyond his technical prowess, Tom's passion for knowledge transfer has made him a sought-after mentor. He's been instrumental in cultivating a dynamic learning environment within the Palo Alto Networks LIVE community, fostering a culture of continuous growth and excellence. His innate ability to simplify complex concepts has empowered his colleagues to stay at the forefront of cybersecurity trends.
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