General Information

About this Guide

This guide explains how to configure IPsec tunnels and service chain traffic from a Cisco SD-WAN (formerly known as Viptela) device to Check Point Harmony Connect.

These instructions refer to Cisco SD-WAN of version 18.3.7 and later.

About Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco SD-WAN is an open, programmable and scalable cloud scale architecture. Through Cisco vManage console you can quickly establish an SD-WAN overlay fabric to connect data centers, branches, campuses, and colocation facilities to improve network speed, security, and efficiency.

In this guide we will protect branch offices by creating 2 IPsec tunnels to Check Point Harmony Connect.

About Check Point Harmony Connect

Check Point Harmony Connect is a cloud security platform that provides Check Point latest threat prevention and access control for branch offices. Companies can connect their present routing equipment or SD-WAN device to Harmony Connect without other dedicated hardware by Check Point. Harmony Connect is a full software-as-a-service solution that needs no customer maintenance.

Check Point security product line includes: preventing known attacks using reputation services, signatures and bot communication prevention, preventing unknown attacks using cloud-based sandboxing, an Access Control Policy including Content Awareness, HTTPS Inspection and Application Control, and a web-based management for security events and log monitoring, policy, and site configuration.

For more information, see the Harmony Connect Administration Guide.