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Endpoint Security Client for Windows User Guide

Provides the end-user instructions on how to use the Endpoint Security Client installed on Windows endpoints.

Endpoint Security Clients for macOS User Guide

Provides the end-user instructions on how to use the Endpoint Security Client installed on macOS endpoints.

Harmony Endpoint Security for Windows MDM Deployment Guide

Describes how to deploy the Endpoint Security ClientClosed Application installed on end-user computers to monitor security status and enforce security policies. on Windows endpoints using a device management system.

Harmony Endpoint Security for macOS MDM Deployment Guide

Describes how to deploy the Endpoint Security Client on macOS endpoints using a device management system.

 

Revision History

Date Description

6 May 2024

Updated Configuring Alerts to add Advanced Alerts

2 May 2024

Added Client Language for Default Client User Interface. See User Interface

26 April 2024

Added video tutorial for automatic patch updates. See Detecting Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.

18 April 2024

Updated Disable Capabilities in General.

 

Added Advanced Capabilities. See Web & Files Protection and Configuring the Threat Prevention Policy.

16 April
2024

Added:

19 March 2024

Added Templates for Child Accounts (MSSP).

13 March 2024

Added:

13 February 2024

Added License Violation.

22 January 2023

Added:

18 December 2023

Added Custom Settings.

7 December 2023

Added:

20 November 2023

17 November 2023

Added Smart Exclusions.

31 October 2023

Added video tutorials for:

26 October 2023

Updated Managing Licenses for AWS Marketplace.

10 October 2023

Added Helpdesk Level 1 and Helpdesk Level 2 Specific Service Roles.

18 October 2023

Application Scan now supports macOS. See Application Control.

.10 October 2023

Added Quarantine Management.

3 October 2023

Added:

22 September 2023

Added Certificate Management.

11 September 2023

Added:

7 September 2023

Added:

  • Browser Status

  • Anti-Bot Last Update

See Table Filters and Column Description in Viewing Computer Information.

4 September 2023

Added Smart App Control for Windows 11.

1 September 2023

Added Global Exclusions for MSSP.

30 August 2023

Added Reconnect Tool for macOS.

9 August 2023

Updated Policy Mode. See Configuring the Threat Prevention Policy.

1 August 2023

Added Disable Notification. See Zero Phishing.

28 July 2023

Added deploying the Endpoint Security Client Using the Vanilla Client.

24 July 2023

Added:

20 July 2023

Added:

17 July 2023

Added Unified and Custom Dashboard. See Viewing Operational Overview, Security Overview and Reports.

12 July 2023

Added Exporting Virtual Groups. See Managing Virtual Groups.

28 June 2023

Added Browser Status to the Table Filters and Column Description. See Asset Management View.

20 June 2023

Added:

5 June 2023

Added Reports for MSSP.

31 May 2023

Added Scan Targets and Scan Target Exclusions. See Scan.

.23 May 2023

Reconnect Tool is now supported for macOS with client version E87.50 or higher. See Reconnect Tool.

11 May 2023

19 April 2023

Added information about moving a device or user from one virtual group to another. See Managing Virtual Groups.

18 April 2023

Updated the Policy Mode settings. See Configuring the Threat Prevention Policy.

6 April 2023

Added Capabilities of Offline Endpoint Security Client.

3 April 2023

Added new Reports. See Viewing Operational Overview, Security Overview and Reports.

29 March 2023

13 March 2023

08 March 2023

Harmony Endpoint supports macOS Ventura 13 operating system for endpoints. See Supported Operating Systems for the Endpoint Client

27 February 2023

13 February 2023

7 February 2023

6 February 2023

31 January 2023

20 January 2023

Added a new Appendix. See Appendix A - Deploying Harmony Endpoint Security Client using SCCM.

18 January 2023

Added information about how to manage widgets in the Security Dashboard for MSSP. See Security Dashboard.

Added a Detect & Alert to Password Reuse Protection. See Credential Protection.

11 January 2023

Added information about downloading reports. See Viewing Operational Overview, Security Overview and Reports.

10 January 2023

Added information about Posture Management. See Detecting Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures and Viewing Endpoint Posture.

Note - This feature is available only to customers in the Early Availability program.

29 December 2022

06 December 2022

Remote Command, Isolate Computer and Release Computer push operations are supported for macOS-based endpoints. See Performing Push Operations.

01 December 2022

Added Initial Encryption information in Check Point Disk Encryption for Windows.

11 November 2022

Added a new information on optimizing the Harmony Endpoint security clients for servers. See Optimizing the Harmony Endpoint Security Client for Servers and Profiles.

23 November 2022

22 November 2022

Added the Harmony Endpoint Security Client versions and policy mode supported for Block Volume Encryption tools (BitLocker and Similar Tools). See Behavioral Protection.

11 November 2022

Added information about Operational Overview. See Viewing Operational Overview, Security Overview and Reports.

09 November 2022

4 November 2022

Added supported file types for Threat Emulation. See Download (Web) Emulation & Extraction .

21 October 2022

Added information about Security view for MSSP. See Security.

18 October 2022

  • Added information about Token-Limited Installation. See Manual Deployment and Installation Token.

  • You can export operational and threat analysis reports to review and take appropriate counter measure. See Exporting Reports.

14 October 2022

Updated Asset Management view. See Viewing Computer Information.

10 October 2022

Added support for the Endpoint Security client deployment on Linux. See Automatic Deployment of Endpoint Clients and Manual Deployment.

03 October 2022

Added a limitation related to Shared Signature Server for non-persistent desktops. See Limitations.

30 September 2022

UpdatedFiles Protection for the supported archive file formats by the Anti-Malware scan in the E1 and E2 blades.

13 September 2022

Added information about filters. See Viewing Computer Information.

01 September 2022

Added information about Search and Fetch files, Registry Actions, File Actions, VPN Site, Collect Process push operations. See Viewing Computer Information and Performing Push Operations.

25 August 2022

  • Added information that you can now share a download link with users to download the Tiny Agent. See Automatic Deployment of Endpoint Clients.

  • Added a new method to add exclusions from Security Overview. See Adding Exclusions from Security Overview.

28 July 2022

Added information about Delete, Recover, and Terminate computer actions. See Viewing Computer Information.

27 July 2022

Updated Viewing Computer Information for 2FA authentication to perform push operation.

26 July 2022

Added support for sending forensics data to third-party data analytics tool. See Sending Forensics Data to Third-Party Analytics Tool.

22 July 2022

Added supported for migrating an on-premise Harmony Endpoint database to Harmony Endpoint on Infinity Portal. Migrating an On-premises Security Management Server to Harmony Endpoint.

18 July 2022

Updated Adding Exclusions to Rules for the new method to add and edit an exclusion.

14 July 2022

Updated Uninstalling Third-Party Anti-Virus Software Products

13 July 2022

  • Added information about the new Web & Files Protection.

  • Added three new options for Web & Files Protection.

  • Added information about the new Easy Unlock feature. It allows you to Accept or Reject a Network One-Time Logon request or a Network Password Change request from a user who has forgotten the login credentials of the endpoint or the endpoint is locked due to invalid login attempts using incorrect credentials.

    Note - This feature is available only to customers in the Early Availability program.

20 June 2022

Added automatic deployment information for macOS and Linux. See Automatic Deployment of Endpoint Clients.

07 June 2022

Updated Configuring Clients for Non-Persistent Desktops

17 May 2022

Updated Viewing Computer Information about viewing click logs by IP address.

17 May 2022

Updated Adding Exclusions to Rules

09 May 2022

Added information on Network URL FilteringClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that allows granular control over which web sites can be accessed by a given group of users, computers or networks. Acronym: URLF. in Web & Files Protection

4.May 2022

Added Browser Settings

31 March 2022

Added Supported Operating Systems for the Endpoint Client.

07 March 2022

Added Compliance.

04 March 2022

Added Uninstalling Third-Party Anti-Virus Software Products.

03 March 2022

Added Harmony Endpoint for Terminal Server / Remote Desktop Services.

03 March 2022

SUSE Linux enterprise server (SLES) and OpenSUSE are supported only with the Anti-Malware blade. Refer Harmony Endpoint for Linux Overview.

25 February 2022

Added Managing Harmony Browse.

25 February 2022

Updated Configuring Clients for Non-Persistent Desktops

07 February 2022

Added Customized Browser Block Pages to the User Interface topic.

28 January 2022

21 January 2022

Updated Helpdesk User roles.

19 January 2022

Updated: Password Synchronization

18 January 2022

Updated: Adding Exclusions to Rules.

11 January 2022

Updated: Client User Interface Settings

Configuring the Threat Prevention Policy

9 January 2022

Updated: VDI Configure Clients for Non Persistent Desktops

6 January 2022

Added: IOC Management

Updated: Harmony Endpoint for Linux Overview

Harmony Endpoint for Linux Commands

5 January 2022

Updated: Getting Started

4 January 2022

Removed: VDI-Appendix
Updated: VDI-Assigning-Policies-to-VDI-Pools
VDI-Basic-Golden-Image-Settings

VDI Configure Clients for Non Persistent Desktops
VDI-Configure-Clients-for-Persistent-Desktops

VDI-Limitations
VDI-Overview

Introduction

3 January 2022

Updated: FileVault Encryption for

2 January 2022

Updated: Policy Operation

30 December 2021

Updated: Harmony Endpoint for Linux Overview

Deploying Harmony Endpoint for Linux

Harmony Enpoint for Linux CLI Commands

22 December 2021`

Updated: Configuring the Treat Prevention Policy
Connected, Disconnected and Restricted Rules

21 December 2021

Updated: Harmony Endpoint for Linux Overview

19 December 2021

Updated: Password Synchronization

15 December 2021

Updated: Authentication before the Loads (Pre boot)

13 December 2021

Added: Super Node

12 December 2021

Added: VDI Overview

11 December 2021

Updated: Adding Exclusions to Rules

9 December 2021

Added: Policy Operation

9 December 2021

Updated: Deploying Harmony Endpoint for Linux

2 December 2021

Updated: Introduction

Updated: Performing Push Operations

Updated: Deploying Endpoint Clients

29 November 2021

Updated: Performing Push Operations

14 November 2021

Updated: Configuring Client Settings

Updated: Connected, Disconnected and Restricted Rules

Added: Connection Awareness

10 November 2021

Updated: Connected, Disconnected and Restricted Rules

07 November 2021

Updated: Active Directory Authentication

04 November 2021

Updated: Client User Interface Settings

03 November 2021

Updated: Introduction

Updated: Setting Deployment Agent

02 November 2021

Updated: Configuring the Endpoint Policy

01 November 2021

The Computer Management view on the left navigation panel was renamed to Asset Management

Updated: Configuring the Endpoint Policy

31 October 2021

Updated: Configuring the Endpoint Policy

31 October 2021

Updated: User Interface

28 October 2021

Updated: Configuring the Data Protection Policy

21 October 2021

Updated: Giving Remote Help to FDE Users

Authentication before OS Loads Pre boot

14 October 2021

Updated: Deploying Endpoint Clients

13 October 2021

Updated:

Introduction

11 October 2021

Updated:Configuring Media Encryption & Port Protection

Advanced Settings for Media Encryption

Media Encryption Remote Help

Media Encryption Access Rules

10 October 2021

Added:

Recent Tasks

07 October 2021

Updated:

Known Limitations

Connected, Disconnected and Restricted Rules

01 October 2021

Updated:

26 September 2021

Updated:

13 September 2021

Updated:

02 September 2021

Added:

31 August 2021

Added:

Updated:

05 August 2021

Added:

Updated:

14 July 2021

Updated:

22 April 2021

Rebranded the product name across the Administration Guide - from SandBlast Agent to Harmony Endpoint

06 April 2021

Updated:

29 March 2021

Added:

22 March 2021

Updated:

11 March 2021

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Updated:

25 February 2021

Updated:

23 February 2021

Rebranded the product name.

Updated:

22 February 2021

Added:

08 February 2021

Updated:

07 January 2021

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11 November 2020

Added:

Updated:

04 November 2020

First release of this document.

The Harmony Endpoint service in the Infinity Portal was updated.

This Harmony EndpointAdministration Guide replaces these:

  • Harmony Endpoint Management Platform Administration Guide

  • Harmony Endpoint Cloud Management Platform Administration Guide