Event Forwarding

Introduction

Event Forwarding is an easy and secure procedure to export Infinity Portal data over the Syslog protocol. You can forward logs, events, and saved application data from your Check Point Infinity Portal account to a SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) provider, such as Splunk, QRadar, or ArcSight. The SIEM server processes large amounts of data and shows it in dashboards or notifications. To set up Event Forwarding, you must use certificates to establish secure communication between the Infinity Portal and your SIEM server.

Important - This feature requires a dedicated license.

Use Case

A typical use case is an organization that uses a number of security vendors, along with Check Point, to protect itself from cyber attacks. The organization uses an external analytics platform to see all data from every vendor in a single pane of glass.

Supported Infinity Portal Services

Event Forwarding can send data from these Infinity Portal services:

  • Quantum Security Management

  • Quantum Spark Management

  • CloudGuard WAF

  • Harmony SASE

  • Harmony Connect

  • Harmony Endpoint

  • Harmony Mobile

  • Harmony Email & Collaboration

  • Harmony Email & Office 2.0

Prerequisites

  • The SIEM server must support TLS 1.2.

  • The OpenSSL CLI must be installed on your computer.

File Extensions

File 

Description

<CA>.key

Private key

<CA>.pem

Public key

.csr

Certificate Sign Request.

.crt

File you create when you sign the .csr file with the <CA>.key file and the <CA>.pem file.

.pfx

If you use an existing Domain Certificate, this file contains the [CA].key file and <CA>.pem file.

Configuration

Managing Destinations

After you configure destination(s) for an external analytics platform, you can review, edit, delete, and search for them in the Manage Destinations window.

To review destinations:

In the Manage Destinations window, on the left pane, select the name of the destination. The right pane shows the settings for the destination and the rules that use the destination.

To edit destinations:

  1. In the Destinations window, on the left pane, select the destination's name.

  2. Click the edit icon .

    The Edit Destination window opens.

  3. Change the settings as necessary.

  4. Click Apply.

  5. Click Close.

To delete a destination:

  1. In the Manage Destinations window, on the left pane, select the destination's name.

  2. Make sure that no rule uses this destination. A destination cannot be deleted if it corresponds to a rule.

    If there is no destination configured with the Used by Rule, then the right pane is empty. If some rules use the destination, replace the destination or delete the rules.

  3. Click the delete icon.

To search for a destination:

  1. In the Manage Destinations window, in the search field, start to enter the destination's name.

    A list of destinations opens.

  2. Click the destination to see more details about the configuration.

  3. To exit, click Close.

Managing Forwarding Rules

On the Event Forwarding page, Forwarding Rules show the rule name, the services from which you forward data, and the name of the destination to which you forward the data.

The calculation of the forwarded data depends on the selected services:

The calculated GB value is displayed next to the selected service(s) in parentheses.

For example, if you select only the SaaS service, the Infinity Portal shows the expected data usage for SaaS. If additional services are selected, the Infinity Portal updates the calculation to reflect the combined data usage of the selected services.

To add a new forwarding rule:

  1. Click Add Rule.

  2. In the New Forwarding Rule window, enter these details:

    1. Rule Name - Enter a distinctive name

    2. Services - Select one of these:

      • All (XGB/day) - The expected amount of exported event logs for all services for one day.

      • Specific services (XGB/day) - The expected amount of exported events for selected services for one day. Select each of the services from which you forward the data. The consumption depends on the selected services.

        Note - Harmony Endpoint data does not include Threat Hunting data, which can accumulate a large amount of events. If you require this data to be included, click Include Threat Hunting data and make sure that your contract capacity includes these provisions. For more information, see sk182879 - Infinity Portal Event Forwarding - Troubleshooting.

    3. Destination - Select one of the configured destinations.

  3. Click Create.

To edit a forwarding rule:

Put the cursor on the rule and click , then select Edit. Change the rule settings as necessary.

To delete a forwarding rule:

Put the cursor on the rule and click , then select Delete.