PKI Settings Tab

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PKI Settings Tab

The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Settings tab enables you to configure PKI authentication for NetWitness.

Workflow

What do you want to do?

Role	I want to ...	Show me how
Admin	Configure External Authentication	Configure Active Directory
Admin	Map user Roles to External Groups	(Optional) Map User Roles to External Groups
Admin	Import Server Certificate	Import Server Certificate and Trusted CA Certificate
Admin	Enable/Disable PKI Authentication	Enable PKI Authentication Disable PKI
Admin	Notify Certificate Renewal	Notify Certificate Renewal

Quick Look

To access this view, go to (Admin) > Security and click the PKI Settings tab.

The PKI Settings tab includes the following sections.

1	Server Certificates
2	Trusted CAs
3	PKI Based Authentication Status
4	Certificate Renewal Notification (From NetWitness 12.5 or later)

Server Certificates

The Server Certificates section enables you to import a server certificate with its private key to NetWitness Server. The following table lists the Server Certificates features and their description.

Feature	Description
Appliance to Use	The device to use the certificate
Subject DN	The entity to which the certificate is issued.
Issuer DN	The entity which issued the certificate.
Valid From	The start date for the certificate validity.
Valid To	The end date till when a certificate is valid.

Trusted CAs

The Trusted CAs section enables you to import a Certificate Authority (CA) certificate to NetWitness. The following table lists the Trusted CAs features and their description.

Feature	Description
Subject DN	The entity to which the certificate is issued.
CA	Indicates whether the certificate is Certificate Authority (CA).
Valid To	The end date till when a certificate is valid.

PKI Based Authentication Status

The PKI Based Authentication Status section enables you to enable PKI authentication in NetWitness. The following table list the PKI Based Authentication Status features and their description.

Feature	Description
Enabled	Select the option to enable PKI.
Disabled	Select the option to disable PKI.
Apply PKI Configuration	Enables PKI authentication for NetWitness users.

Certificate Renewal Notification

NetWitness Platform 12.5 introduces the Certificate Renewal Notification section which enables you to choose a notification period of up to 240 days before the certificate expiration date. The following table list the Certificate Renewal Notification features and their description.

Feature	Description
Notify	Select the days from the dropdown to set the certificate renewal notification period.
Apply	Enables certificate renewal for NetWitness users.

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