A SmartConsole user with permissions to manage Check Point security products and the network environment.
Cluster of Check Point Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration. The ClusterXL both handles the traffic and performs State Synchronization.
These Check Point Security Gateways are installed on Gaia OS:
Note - In ClusterXL Load Sharing mode, configuring more than 4 Cluster Members significantly decreases the cluster performance due to amount of Delta Sync traffic.
Process of:
This upgrade method minimizes upgrade risks for an existing deployment.
The Check Point Security Gateway and Security Management Server products are deployed on different computers.
A network or a collection of networks related to an entity, such as a company, business unit or geographical location.
A Log Server for a specified Domain. It stores and processes logs from Security Gateways that are managed by the corresponding Domain Management Server.
A virtual Security Management Server that manages Security Gateways for one Domain, as part of a Multi-Domain Security Management environment.
All Policies defined in the Global Domain that can be assigned to Domains, or to specified groups of Domains.
Internal Certificate Authority - A component on Check Point Management Server that issues certificates for authentication.
A computer that runs Check Point software to store and process logs in Multi-Domain Security Management environment. The Multi-Domain Log Server consists of Domain Log Servers that store and process logs from Security Gateways that are managed by the corresponding Domain Management Servers.
A centralized management solution for large-scale, distributed environments with many different Domain networks.
A computer that runs Check Point software to host virtual Security Management Servers called Domain Management Servers.
A physical computer manufactured and distributed by a company, other than Check Point.
A SmartUpdate repository on the Security Management Server that stores uploaded packages. These packages are then used by SmartUpdate to perform upgrades of Check Point Small Office Appliances.
A computer that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforces Security Policies for connected network resources.
A computer that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in Check Point environment.
A collection of rules that control network traffic and enforce organization guidelines for data protection and access to resources with packet inspection.
A Check Point GUI application used to manage Security Policies, monitor products and events, install updates, provision new devices and appliances, and manage a multi-domain environment and each domain.