Deploying Endpoint Security Clients

This chapter contains information and procedures for deploying Endpoint Security clients to endpoint computers.

Before deploying the clients, you must add packages to the Repository on the Endpoint Security Management Server A Security Management Server that manages your Endpoint Security environment. Includes the Endpoint Security policy management and databases. It communicates with endpoint clients to update their components, policies, and protection data.. See Uploading Client Packages to the Repository

• For clients on Windows, you can use one of these deployment strategies:

  • Automatic (recommended) - Use Deployment rules to automatically download and install pre-configured packages on endpoint computers. Define deployment rules and manage deployments using SmartEndpoint A Check Point GUI application which connects to the Endpoint Security Management Server, to manage your Endpoint Security environment - to deploy, monitor and configure Endpoint Security clients and policies.. See the status of all deployments in the Reporting tab. See Automatic Deployment Using Deployment Rules

  • Manual - Export component packages from the Endpoint Security Management Server Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server. to endpoint clients using third party deployment software, a shared network path, email or other method. You can only see the deployment status after the package is successfully installed. See Manual Deployment Using Packages for Export.

• For clients on Mac, see Deploying Mac Clients.