Alignment of RBAC models of Security Cloud Control Firewall Management and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

User roles in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and Security Cloud Control Firewall Management operate independently, with each role defined by its specific responsibilities. However, the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) models across these platforms are aligned to ensure consistent and seamless user actions.

A user with elevated permissions in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management may still encounter restrictions if their role in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager has lower permissions, and vice versa.

Attempting to save changes in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management without appropriate permissions in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager results in an error. For example, users assigned the 'Super Admin' role in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management cannot save NGFW security policies changes to Catalyst SD-WAN Manager if they have the 'Operator' role in that platform.

This table outlines the access permissions for various combinations of user roles in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and Security Cloud Control Firewall Management.

RBAC mapping of user roles in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Security Cloud Control Firewall Management Role Name

Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Role Name

Allowed Actions

Read Only

Operator

Allowed read-only access in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Allowed read-only access in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

VPN Sessions Manager

Operator

Allowed read-only access in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Administrator

security_operations

Allowed to create/edit security policies in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Allocated SecOps user role in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Super Administrator

security_operations

Unrestricted access to all functions in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Allocated SecOps user role in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Deploy Only

Operator

Not allowed to create/edit security policies in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Allowed read-only access in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Edit Only

security_operations

Not allowed to onboard or deboard Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Unrestricted access to all functions in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management

Allocated SecOps user role in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager