check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_threat_profile module – Manages threat-profile objects on Check Point over Web Services API

Note

This module is part of the check_point.mgmt collection (version 5.2.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install check_point.mgmt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_threat_profile.

New in check_point.mgmt 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages threat-profile objects on Check Point devices including creating, updating and removing objects.

  • All operations are performed over Web Services API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

activate_protections_by_extended_attributes

list / elements=dictionary

Activate protections by these extended attributes.

category

string

IPS tag category name.

name

string

IPS tag name.

active_protections_performance_impact

string

Protections with this performance impact only will be activated in the profile.

Choices:

  • "high"

  • "medium"

  • "low"

  • "very_low"

active_protections_severity

string

Protections with this severity only will be activated in the profile.

Choices:

  • "Critical"

  • "High"

  • "Medium or above"

  • "Low or above"

anti_bot

boolean

Is Anti-Bot blade activated.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

anti_virus

boolean

Is Anti-Virus blade activated.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

auto_publish_session

boolean

Publish the current session if changes have been performed after task completes.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

color

string

Color of the object. Should be one of existing colors.

Choices:

  • "aquamarine"

  • "black"

  • "blue"

  • "crete blue"

  • "burlywood"

  • "cyan"

  • "dark green"

  • "khaki"

  • "orchid"

  • "dark orange"

  • "dark sea green"

  • "pink"

  • "turquoise"

  • "dark blue"

  • "firebrick"

  • "brown"

  • "forest green"

  • "gold"

  • "dark gold"

  • "gray"

  • "dark gray"

  • "light green"

  • "lemon chiffon"

  • "coral"

  • "sea green"

  • "sky blue"

  • "magenta"

  • "purple"

  • "slate blue"

  • "violet red"

  • "navy blue"

  • "olive"

  • "orange"

  • "red"

  • "sienna"

  • "yellow"

comments

string

Comments string.

confidence_level_high

string

Action for protections with high confidence level.

Choices:

  • "Inactive"

  • "Ask"

  • "Prevent"

  • "Detect"

confidence_level_low

string

Action for protections with low confidence level.

Choices:

  • "Inactive"

  • "Ask"

  • "Prevent"

  • "Detect"

confidence_level_medium

string

Action for protections with medium confidence level.

Choices:

  • "Inactive"

  • "Ask"

  • "Prevent"

  • "Detect"

deactivate_protections_by_extended_attributes

list / elements=dictionary

Deactivate protections by these extended attributes.

category

string

IPS tag category name.

name

string

IPS tag name.

details_level

string

The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.

Choices:

  • "uid"

  • "standard"

  • "full"

ignore_errors

boolean

Apply changes ignoring errors. You won’t be able to publish such a changes. If ignore-warnings flag was omitted - warnings will also be ignored.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ignore_warnings

boolean

Apply changes ignoring warnings.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

indicator_overrides

list / elements=dictionary

Indicators whose action will be overridden in this profile.

action

string

The indicator’s action in this profile.

Choices:

  • "Inactive"

  • "Ask"

  • "Prevent"

  • "Detect"

indicator

string

The indicator whose action is to be overridden.

ips

boolean

Is IPS blade activated.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ips_settings

dictionary

IPS blade settings.

exclude_protection_with_performance_impact

boolean

Whether to exclude protections depending on their level of performance impact.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

exclude_protection_with_performance_impact_mode

string

Exclude protections with this level of performance impact.

Choices:

  • "very low"

  • "low or lower"

  • "medium or lower"

  • "high or lower"

exclude_protection_with_severity

boolean

Whether to exclude protections depending on their level of severity.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

exclude_protection_with_severity_mode

string

Exclude protections with this level of severity.

Choices:

  • "low or above"

  • "medium or above"

  • "high or above"

  • "critical"

newly_updated_protections

string

Activation of newly updated protections.

Choices:

  • "active"

  • "inactive"

  • "staging"

malicious_mail_policy_settings

dictionary

Malicious Mail Policy for MTA Gateways.

add_customized_text_to_email_body

boolean

Add customized text to the malicious email body.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

add_email_subject_prefix

boolean

Add a prefix to the malicious email subject.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

add_x_header_to_email

boolean

Add an X-Header to the malicious email.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

email_action

string

Block - block the entire malicious email<br>Allow - pass the malicious email and apply email changes (like, remove attachments and links, add x-header, etc…).

Choices:

  • "allow"

  • "block"

email_body_customized_text

string

Customized text for the malicious email body.<br> Available predefined fields,<br> $verdicts$ - the malicious/error attachments/links verdict.

email_subject_prefix_text

string

Prefix for the malicious email subject.

failed_to_scan_attachments_text

string

Replace attachments that failed to be scanned with this text.<br> Available predefined fields,<br> $filename$ - the malicious file name.<br> $md5$ - MD5 of the malicious file.

malicious_attachments_text

string

Replace malicious attachments with this text.<br> Available predefined fields,<br> $filename$ - the malicious file name.<br> $md5$ - MD5 of the malicious file.

malicious_links_text

string

Replace malicious links with this text.<br> Available predefined fields,<br> $neutralized_url$ - neutralized malicious link.

boolean

Remove attachments and links from the malicious email.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

send_copy

boolean

Send a copy of the malicious email to the recipient list.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

send_copy_list

list / elements=string

Recipient list to send a copy of the malicious email.

name

string / required

Object name.

overrides

list / elements=dictionary

Overrides per profile for this protection.

action

string

Protection action.

Choices:

  • "Threat Cloud: Inactive"

  • "Detect"

  • "Prevent <br> Core: Drop"

  • "Inactive"

  • "Accept"

capture_packets

boolean

Capture packets.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

protection

string

IPS protection identified by name or UID.

track

string

Tracking method for protection.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "log"

  • "alert"

  • "mail"

  • "snmp trap"

  • "user alert"

  • "user alert 1"

  • "user alert 2"

state

string

State of the access rule (present or absent).

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

list / elements=string

Collection of tag identifiers.

threat_emulation

boolean

Is Threat Emulation blade activated.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_extended_attributes

boolean

Whether to activate/deactivate IPS protections according to the extended attributes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_indicators

boolean

Indicates whether the profile should make use of indicators.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

version

string

Version of checkpoint. If not given one, the latest version taken.

wait_for_task

boolean

Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_task_timeout

integer

How many minutes to wait until throwing a timeout error.

Default: 30

Examples

- name: add-threat-profile
  cp_mgmt_threat_profile:
    active_protections_performance_impact: low
    active_protections_severity: low or above
    anti_bot: true
    anti_virus: true
    confidence_level_high: prevent
    confidence_level_medium: prevent
    ips: true
    ips_settings:
      exclude_protection_with_performance_impact: true
      exclude_protection_with_performance_impact_mode: high or lower
      newly_updated_protections: staging
    name: New Profile 1
    state: present
    threat_emulation: true

- name: set-threat-profile
  cp_mgmt_threat_profile:
    active_protections_performance_impact: low
    active_protections_severity: low or above
    anti_bot: true
    anti_virus: false
    comments: update recommended profile
    confidence_level_high: prevent
    confidence_level_low: prevent
    confidence_level_medium: prevent
    ips: false
    ips_settings:
      exclude_protection_with_performance_impact: true
      exclude_protection_with_performance_impact_mode: high or lower
      newly_updated_protections: active
    name: New Profile 1
    state: present
    threat_emulation: true

- name: delete-threat-profile
  cp_mgmt_threat_profile:
    name: New Profile 1
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

cp_mgmt_threat_profile

dictionary

The checkpoint object created or updated.

Returned: always, except when deleting the object.

Authors

  • Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)