Threat Prevention Profiles

Introducing Profiles

Check Point Threat Prevention provides instant protection based on pre-defined Threat Prevention Profiles. You can also configure a custom Threat Prevention profile to give the exact level of protection that the organization needs.

When you install a Threat Prevention policy on the Security Gateways, they immediately begin to enforce IPSClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that inspects and analyzes packets and data for numerous types of risks (Intrusion Prevention System). protection on network traffic.

A Threat Prevention profile determines which protections are activated, and which Software Blades are enabled for the specified ruleClosed Set of traffic parameters and other conditions in a Rule Base (Security Policy) that cause specified actions to be taken for a communication session. or policy.

A Threat Prevention profile applies to one or more of the Threat Prevention Software Blades: IPS, Anti-BotClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that blocks botnet behavior and communication to Command and Control (C&C) centers. Acronyms: AB, ABOT., Anti-VirusClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that uses real-time virus signatures and anomaly-based protections from ThreatCloud to detect and block malware at the Security Gateway before users are affected. Acronym: AV., Threat EmulationClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that monitors the behavior of files in a sandbox to determine whether or not they are malicious. Acronym: TE. and Threat ExtractionClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that removes malicious content from files. Acronym: TEX..

Without profiles, it would be necessary to configure separate rules for different activation settings and confidence levels. With profiles, you get customization and efficiency.

Profile

Description

Optimized

Provides excellent protection for common network products and protocols against recent or popular attacks

Strict

Provides a wide coverage for all products and protocols, with impact on network performance

Basic

Provides reliable protection on a range of non-HTTP protocols for servers, with minimal impact on network performance

Optimized Protection Profile Settings

The Optimized profile is activated by default, because it gives excellent security with good gateway performance.

Goal

Parameter

Setting

Apply settings to all the Threat Prevention Software Blades

Blades Activation

Activate the profile for IPS, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Threat Emulation and Threat Extraction.

Do not have a critical effect on performance

Performance impact

Activate protections that have a Medium or lower effect on performance.

Protect against important threats

Severity

Protect against threats with a severity of Medium or above.

Reduce false-positives

Confidence

Set to Prevent the protections with an attack confidence of Medium or High.

Set to Detect the protections with a confidence of Low.

Profiles Pane

The pane shows a list of profiles that have been created, their confidence levels, and performance impact settings.

Option

Meaning

New

Creates a new profile.

View

Shows an existing profile.

Edit

Modifies an existing profile.

Clone

Creates a copy of an existing profile.

Delete

Deletes a profile.

Where Used

Shows you reference information for the profile.

Search

Searches for a profile.

Last Modified

Shows who last modified the selected profile, when and on which client.

Performance Impact

Performance impact is how much a protection affects the gateway performance. Some activated protections might cause issues with connectivity or performance. You can set protections to not be prevented or detected if they have a higher impact on gateway performance.

  • High or lower

  • Medium or lower

  • Low or lower

  • Very low

Severity

Severity of the threat. Probable damage of a successful attack to your environment.

  • Low or above

  • Medium or above

  • High or above

  • Critical

Setting

Description

Ask

The Software Blade blocks the file or traffic until the user makes sure that the Security GatewayClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. should send it.

The user decides if the file or traffic are allowed or not. The decision itself is logged in the User Response field in the AskClosed UserCheck rule action that blocks traffic and files and shows a UserCheck message. The user can agree to allow the activity. User log.

Prevent

The Software Blade blocks the file or traffic from passing through the Security Gateway.

It also logs the traffic, or tracks it, according to configured settings in the Rule BaseClosed All rules configured in a given Security Policy. Synonym: Rulebase..

Detect

The Software Blade allows identified file or traffic to pass through the Security Gateway.

It also logs the traffic, or tracks it, according to configured settings in the Rule Base.

Inactive

The Software Blade deactivates a protection.

Confidence Level

The confidence level is how confident the Software Blade is that recognized attacks are actually virus or bot traffic. Some attack types are more subtle than others and legitimate traffic can sometimes be mistakenly recognized as a threat. The confidence level value shows how well protections can correctly recognize a specified attack.

Creating Profiles

You can choose from multiple pre-configured Profiles, but not change them. You can create a new profile or clone a profile. When you create a new profile, it includes all the Threat Prevention Software Blades by default.

When HTTPS inspection is enabled on Security Gateway, Threat Emulation, Anti-Bot, and Anti-Virus can analyze the applicable HTTPS traffic.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsoleClosed Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on., select Security Policies > Threat Prevention.

2

From the Custom Policy Tools section, click Profiles.

The Profiles page opens.

3

Right-click a profile and select New.

4

Configure the settings for the profile.

5

Click OK.

6

Install the Threat Prevention policy.

Cloning Profiles

You can create a clone of a selected profile and then make changes. You cannot change the out-of-the-box profiles: Basic, Optimized, and Strict.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsole, select Security Policies > Threat Prevention.

2

From the Custom Policy Tools section, click Profiles.

The Profiles page opens.

3

Right-click the profile and select Clone.

4

The Name field shows the name of the copied profile plus _copy.

5

Rename the profile.

6

Click OK.

7

Publish the SmartConsole session.

Editing Profiles

You can change the settings of the Threat Prevention profile according to your requirements.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsole, select Security Policies > Threat Prevention.

2

From the Custom Policy Tools section, click Profiles.

The Profiles page opens.

3

Right-click the profile and select Edit.

Deleting Threat Prevention Profiles

You can delete a profile, but you cannot delete the default Threat Prevention profiles.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsole, select Security Policies > Threat Prevention.

2

From the Custom Policy Tools section, click Profiles.

The Profiles page opens.

3

Right-click the profile, and click Delete.

A window opens and shows a confirmation message.

4

Click Yes.

If the profile is used by another object, you cannot delete it. The error message is shown in the Tasks window.

5

In SmartConsole, install the policy.

Step

Instructions

1

From the Profiles page, select the profile.

The Summary page opens.

2

From the Where Used section in the Summary tab, click Where Used.

The Where Used window opens and shows the profile.

3

Right-click the rule and select View in policy.

Viewing Changes to a Threat Prevention Profile

You can view the Audit log and see changes that were made to a Threat Prevention profile.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsole, click Logs & Monitor.

2

Click the Audit tab, or press CTRL + T, and then click Open Audit Logs View.

3

In Enter search query, enter the name of the profile.

4

To refine the search:

  1. Right-click the Object Type column heading and select Add Filter.

  2. Enter Threat Prevention Profile.

  3. Click the filter to add it to the search.

  4. Click OK.

    The search results are filtered to Threat Prevention profiles.

5

To see more information about the changes to a profile, double-click the Audit log.

Assigning Profiles to Gateways

When you enable the IPS Software Blade on a pre-R80 gateway, a default IPS rule is automatically created in the IPS policy layer of the Security PolicyClosed Collection of rules that control network traffic and enforce organization guidelines for data protection and access to resources with packet inspection.. The Action of this rule is set according to the IPS setting of the assigned Threat Prevention Profile. You can change the profile from the Action column.

Note - Only the IPS settings from the Threat Prevention Profile apply to the IPS Policy.

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsole, select Security Policies > Threat Prevention > Policy > IPS.

2

Click the Action cell, and select the Threat Prevention profile.

3

Install the Access Control policy.