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Check Point Security Management Overview

This document summarizes the key components of Check Point's Security Management architecture. It describes the Security Internal Communication used to connect components, the Internal Certificate Authority, the Gaia operating system and WebUI interface. It also outlines the main functions of the SmartConsole Windows GUI for managing security policies, monitoring events, installing updates and managing devices. SmartConsole connects to the Management Server and provides access to applications like SmartEvent for log correlation and SmartView Monitor. The SmartConsole interface includes tabs for gateways and servers overview, security policies, logs and monitoring, and management and settings.

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Check Point Security Management Overview

This document summarizes the key components of Check Point's Security Management architecture. It describes the Security Internal Communication used to connect components, the Internal Certificate Authority, the Gaia operating system and WebUI interface. It also outlines the main functions of the SmartConsole Windows GUI for managing security policies, monitoring events, installing updates and managing devices. SmartConsole connects to the Management Server and provides access to applications like SmartEvent for log correlation and SmartView Monitor. The SmartConsole interface includes tabs for gateways and servers overview, security policies, logs and monitoring, and management and settings.

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Generation V Protection, Check Point Infinity: ThreatCloud, Sandblast

Deploying Check Point Security Management

Security Management architecture

Security Internal Communication (SIC)

 Creates trusted connections


 Required for policy installation and to send logs
 SIC methods: certificates, Standards-based SSL, 3DES or AES128 for encryption

Internal Certificate Authority

Responsible for issuing:

 SIC: Authenticate between gateways or between gateways and Security Management Servers
 VPN Certificates (site to site IPSEC, client to site): Authenticate between members of a VPN
community
 Users: Authenticate user access

Gaia (OS) and the WebUI

 Like Linux (RHEL)


 Command line and WebUI
 2 modes: Basic and Advanced

SmartConsole (Windows GUI)

 Manage security policies


 Monitor events
 Install updates
 Add new devices and appliances
 Manage multi-domain environments

SmartConsole (connect to Management Server)

 SmartEvent (A licensed Software Blade used to correlate logs and detect real security threats)
 SmartView Monitor (Monitor changes to gateways, tunnels, remote users and security activities)
 SmartDashboard (Access to legacy applications, such as DLP, Anti-Spam & Mail, Mobile Access,
and HTTPS Inspection)

 Gateways & Servers (overview checkpoint deployment, products, itself (A-SMS), gateway
cluster, clusters)
 Security Policies Tab (policy package standard contain access control and threat prevention,
cleanup rule)

 Log & Monitor Tab

 Manage & Settings Tab

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