Preface
This guide provides the information you need to work with your Forcepoint product.
Introduction to SMC as a Service
The SMC as a Service provides centralized access for configuring, managing, logging, and monitoring NGFWs that secure network connectivity and control business operations.
Getting Started
Routing
Policy Creation and Administration
- Overview
  Policies are key elements that contain rules for allowing or blocking network traffic and inspecting the content of traffic.
- Creating and managing policy elements
  Policy elements are containers for the rules that determine how Engines, Master Engines, and Virtual Engines examine traffic. The policy elements for the Engines include Template Policies, Policies, and Sub-Policies.
- Rule Types within Policies
  - Access rules
    Access rules are lists of matching criteria and actions that define how the Engine treats different types of network traffic. They are your main configuration tool for defining which traffic is stopped and which traffic is allowed.
  - NAT rules
  - Ethernet rules
  - Inspection Policy Elements
    Inspection Policy elements define how the Engines look for patterns in traffic allowed through the Access rules and what happens when a certain type of pattern is found.
- Policy Supporting Elements
- Inspection & Content Filtering Policies
- Access Control & Authentication Policies
- Policy Troubleshooting & Maintenance
Monitoring
VPN

Rule Types within Policies

Access rules
Access rules are lists of matching criteria and actions that define how the Engine treats different types of network traffic. They are your main configuration tool for defining which traffic is stopped and which traffic is allowed.
NAT rules
Ethernet rules
Inspection Policy Elements
Inspection Policy elements define how the Engines look for patterns in traffic allowed through the Access rules and what happens when a certain type of pattern is found.