Users Disabling Network Protection

You can let users disable network protection on their computers.

Important - If users disable network protection, their computers will be less secure and vulnerable to threats. If the policy does not allow users to disable network protection, administrators can assign permissive policies to temporarily disable network protection for specified users.

Network Protection includes these components:

• Firewall

• Application Control Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that allows granular control over specific web-enabled applications by using deep packet inspection. Acronym: APPI.

  Item	Description
  Allow users to disable network protection on their computers	A Disable Network Protection option shows in the right-click menu of the client icon from the notification area.
  Do not allow users to disable network protection on their computers	Only an administrator can disable a user's network protection.

To configure the Network Protection Alerts :

1. In the Policy tab, Client Settings rule Set of traffic parameters and other conditions in a Rule Base (Security Policy) that cause specified actions to be taken for a communication session., double-click the Network Protection Action.

2. Click Edit Properties.

3. In the Network Protection section, select or clear these options for each component:

   • Allow Log - To generate logs for events.

   • Allow Alert - To generate alerts for events. You must also select this to use Alert in the Track column of Firewall rules.