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Local Users Overview

The local users section gives you fleet-wide visibility into local user accounts on your managed firewalls. This is critical for security compliance — unauthorized local accounts are a common audit finding.

Why Local User Management Matters

Every SonicWall firewall has local user accounts that can be used to access the management interface. Without centralized visibility, it’s easy for:

  • Unauthorized accounts to be created and go unnoticed
  • Former employee accounts to remain active
  • MFA to be inconsistently applied across devices
  • Admin accounts to use weak or shared passwords

SonicSaaS solves this by pulling local user data from every device and presenting it in a unified view.

What You Can See

  • User inventory — all local accounts across your fleet
  • Compliance status — which accounts meet your standards and which don’t
  • MFA coverage — which accounts have MFA enabled
  • Unauthorized accounts — accounts that don’t match your approved user list

Taking Action

From the local users dashboard, you can:

  • Review accounts flagged as unauthorized
  • Check MFA enrollment status across your fleet
  • Navigate to individual devices to manage their local accounts
  • Define approved user lists to automate compliance checking
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