In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, staying ahead requires an in-depth understanding of cutting-edge technologies. The recent webinar on “Zenarmor 102 Technical Demo and Configuration Tips” was a pivotal event in this journey, offering participants a deep dive into the technical intricacies of Zenarmor. Hosted by Toby, the webinar brought together two distinguished experts: Salih Yılmaz, QA and Support Engineer at Zenarmor, and Lyal Simon, Solution Architect and Founder of Digisync Technology Solutions.
Building upon the success of the “Zenarmor 101: Components and Benefits” webinar, this session continued to unravel the advanced functionalities of Zenarmor, providing valuable insights and configuration tips for cybersecurity enthusiasts and professionals alike.
1. Introduction to Zenarmor:
- Overview: Zenarmor is a comprehensive network security solution providing granular control over traffic, applications, and websites.
- Dashboard Overview: Complete visibility and control over network activities, including traffic, apps, and websites.
- Exclusions Option: Manage exclusions efficiently, allowing whitelisting of blocked websites.
- Settings Menu: All settings are conveniently placed in one menu for easy configuration and maintenance.
2. Deep Dive into Zenarmor Features:
- Data Management: Zenarmor can stream reporting data through a CIS log or external elastic search for integration with SIM or SIEM solutions.
- Active Directory Integration: Integration with Active Directory allows the creation of policies based on user groups, enabling a least privilege environment.
- TLS Inspection: Current light TLS inspection with plans for full TLS inspection in the upcoming release (February 2024).
- Threat Intelligence: Utilizes BrightCloud threat intelligence database and plans to support custom threat intelligence databases, including local databases.
- Application Filtering: Recognizes applications based on fingerprint information, IP addresses, or domain names.
- Deployment Modes and Netmap: Various deployment modes, including routed mode, passive mode, and bridge mode, use Netmap for packet grabbing.
- High Availability (HA): Zenarmor reads the OPNsense HA configuration and operates as OPNsense when traffic switches to the passive device.
- Logging and Privacy Settings: Configurable system logs, rotation dates, and log levels, with privacy settings like anonymizing IP addresses.
- License and Subscription Management: Supports license management, including a 50% discount for educational and nonprofit organizations.
- Device Identification (Upcoming): Version 1.16 will introduce device identification, counting devices instead of unique IP addresses for licensing purposes.
3. Q&A Session:
- Filtering WireGuard/OpenVPN Traffic: Zenarmor supports OpenVPN, and WireGuard support for kernel mode is almost finished and planned for the next release.
- RDP Service Support: Zenarmor uses the last login information from Active Directory, and it can recognize different users with Microsoft’s remote IP virtualization.
- Functional Differences in Security Zones: Advice on configuring interfaces correctly to avoid confusion in reports
- Discounts for Educational and Nonprofit Organizations: Offers a 50% discount for educational and nonprofit organizations.
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