Forcepoint NGFW Security Management Center (SMC) is part of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall (Forcepoint NGFW) solution. You can access the SMC in two ways: through the Management Client or through the SMC application programming interface (API).

The Application Programming Interface (API) of SMC allows external applications to connect with the SMC.

You can use WebSockets with the SMC API to monitor status information and browse log data.

The SMC API is a RESTful API that includes these features.

Each entry point contains an operation verb and other information to direct the user to a URI.

You can retrieve elements from the API in both JSON and XML formats.

You can manage resource elements with several operations.

The API makes it possible to execute specific searches, such as unused elements or duplicate IP addresses.

As you begin working with the SMC API, see these examples as a reference.