Identity Collector - Downloading

You can download the Identity Collector Check Point dedicated client agent installed on Windows Servers in your network. Identity Collector collects information about identities and their associated IP addresses, and sends it to the Check Point Security Gateways for identity enforcement. For more information, see sk108235. You can download the Identity Collector package from sk134312. from:

• sk134312.

• Identity Awareness Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that enforces network access and audits data based on network location, the identity of the user, and the identity of the computer. Acronym: IDA. Gateway object:

  1. Make sure you configured the Identity Collector in the Identity Awareness Gateway object.

     See Identity Collector - Configuring as Identity Source.

     Note - SmartConsole Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on. uses your web browser to download the package from the Identity Awareness Gateway. You web browser connects to the main IP address configured in the Identity Awareness Gateway object. You control the access to the Identity Awareness Gateway in the Identity Collector Settings window > Client Access Permissions section. If you change these settings, you must install the Access Control Policy.

  2. From the left navigation panel, click Gateways & Servers.

  3. Open the Identity Awareness Gateway object.

  4. From the left tree, click the Identity Awareness pane.

  5. Below Identity Collector, click Download agent.

  6. You web browser starts the download.

     Note - If the Client Access Permissions in the Identity Awareness Gateway object do not allow this access, then the Identity Awareness Gateway redirects your web browser to Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system.. Your browser shows that this HTTPS connection is not secure because the Identity Awareness Gateway uses a self-signed certificate.

  7. Click Cancel in Identity Awareness Gateway object.