Getting Started

Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway | Forcepoint Web Security Cloud Help

Cloud web protection products protect your organization against the threats of malware, spam, and other unwanted content in web traffic.

The following web products are available in the cloud:

Forcepoint URL Filtering offers malware protection and customizable web content categories, enabling you to create highly granular acceptable use policies.

Forcepoint Web Security Cloud includes the above features, plus real-time security analysis, real-time content classification, detection of inappropriate content in dynamic websites, granular configuration for social web controls, and SSL decryption by category.

The cloud service offers the following add-ons for web products:

The I Series appliance is an add-on to Forcepoint Web Security Cloud, and provides on-premises URL analysis and application/protocol detection for web traffic, along with centralized policy management and reporting capabilities in the cloud. When policy indicates that a request requires additional analysis, it is transparently routed to the cloud, where cloud analytics are applied and policy is enforced.

The Advanced Malware Detection for Web module enables you to send suspicious files to a cloud-hosted sandbox for further analysis.

You configure and administer these services using the Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway Portal, also referred to in this Help as the Security Portal, or the cloud portal. The portal provides a central, graphical interface to the general configuration, policy management, and reporting functions of your web protection service, making it easy to define and enforce web security.

To get started, see:

Initial steps

Logging on and portal security

Navigating the cloud portal