F1A and SmartEdge Agent

You can inter-operate SmartEdge agent and F1A for managed app traffic and web traffic.

Interoperability requires the following version of the respective agents on your devices: See the article: Forcepoint Agent Compatibility (F1A, F1E, NEO, SEA).

SmartEdge Agent and F1A can inter-operate in the following modes:
  • Managed App traffic only - In this mode, all the CASB traffic is proxied by SmartEdge agent while F1A proxies all other traffic.
  • All HTTP/S Traffic - In this mode, all traffic (managed app traffic and (SWG) web traffic) arrives first at the SmartEdge Agent and then is forwarded to F1A when required.
    Note: Currently, SmartEdge Agent only supports CASB and SWG channels and does not support the ZTNA channel while inter-operating with F1A. So, in all supported cases, the ZTNA driver should be disabled (unchecked) on Protect > Forward Proxy > SmartEdge Proxy.