Check Point · Management and visibility
Check Point Security Management
Centralised administration of gateways and policies.
Overview
Centralised administration of gateways and policies. The design separates management, the data plane and log storage. Policies, objects, administrative profiles and policy publication processes must be organised for operations; the platform and add-ons have specific contractual terms.
Technical specifications
| Architectural role | Centralises policy, threat prevention, logging, monitoring and gateway lifecycle management; inspection and rule enforcement remain at the enforcement points.Inventory gateways, domains, administrators, publication sessions and audit requirements. |
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| Deployment and scale | Management can be delivered through Smart-1 Cloud, a Smart-1 appliance or software on your own servers/VMs. Multi-Domain separates management by business unit, geography, customer or environment; the configuration must follow official version and sizing guidance.Use the guide and sizing tool for the deployed version; document HA, CPU, memory, disk and log growth. |
| Integrations and automation | The Management API is the official interface for automating supported objects, policies and operations; log integrations have their own version requirements.Confirm the API version, permissions, session, publication, error handling and compatibility of the consuming system. |
| Licensing and recovery | Licences, contracts and installed products must be checked on the server and in the contract; the presence of the console does not prove universal Software Blades entitlements. Backup and restore must be tested on the deployed version.Check SKUs, support, blades, log export, backup, restore and disaster recovery procedures. |
Figures published by the manufacturer. Final sizing depends on the environment, enabled services and traffic profile.
Documents and references
- Complex projects require more than knowledge of a single technology.
- Better decisions begin with a better understanding of the environment.
- The network that connects the business must be ready to support it.
- Cloud is not where the infrastructure is. It is how it was architected to operate.
- Connectivity is necessary. Controlling every communication is security.
- Security designed to protect what keeps your business running.
- Official manufacturer page