Cloud SWG Certificate Authority

You can select either Forcepoint Self Signed Certificate or an external CA, previously uploaded to Settings > Certificate, so that Cloud SWG can use those CA to generate dynamic certificates for websites visited.

To select a CA for Cloud SWG:

1. Navigate to Protect > Forward Proxy > Settings.
2. On the Settings page, you can either select Forcepoint Self Signed Certificate or an external CA.
   • To use Forcepoint Self Signed Certificate, select the Forcepoint Self Signed Certificate option and download the certificate.
     
     
   • To use the configured external CA, select the Select External CA option and then select the CA from the drop-down list.
     
     

     Only certificates whose Type is CA are available in the drop-down list.

3. To save the changes, click Save.

Next steps

The Forcepoint Self Signed Certificate or an external CA certificate should be installed on all devices sending traffic to the Cloud SWG including SmartEdge agent devices.

• To know how to install and trust the CA on Windows devices, refer to Installing Root Certificate.
• To know how to trust the CA on Big Sur or latest macOS devices, refer to Manually Trusting Certs on macOS.