About Client Proxy
Skyhigh Security Client Proxy software helps protect your endpoint users from security threats that arise when they access the web from inside or outside your network.
The client software, which is installed on endpoints running Microsoft Windows or macOS, redirects web requests or allows them to continue to a proxy for filtering. The server software runs on one of three management platforms: Trellix ePO, Trellix ePO Cloud, or Trellix ePO SaaS.
Web Protection hybrid solution
Client Proxy is an essential component of the Skyhigh Security Web Protection hybrid solution. This solution allows you to integrate the network-based and cloud-based security functions provided by Skyhigh Security Web Gateway and Skyhigh Security Web Security Gateway Service (Skyhigh Security WGCS), respectively.
The Client Proxy software allows or redirects web traffic depending on the location of the endpoint:
- Endpoints located inside the network or connected by VPN — Traffic is allowed to continue to a Web Gateway appliance installed on the network for filtering.
- Endpoints located outside the network — Traffic is redirected to SWG for filtering.
Integration with Endpoint Security
When deploying Client Proxy with Skyhigh Security Endpoint Security on the endpoints, you install and manage each product separately using Skyhigh SecurityePolicy Orchestrator® (Skyhigh Security ePO™) , Trellix ePO Cloud, or Trellix ePO.
- Client Proxy administrators — Configure policies and run tasks as usual.
- Endpoint Security administrators — Have the option of configuring Skyhigh Security Endpoint Security Web Control so that it is disabled while Client Proxy is installed and actively redirecting web traffic.
On endpoints running Windows, you can view whether Client Proxy is installed and running on the endpoint and actively redirecting traffic by opening the About Skyhigh Client Proxy window from the Start menu.