Secure Agents
The Informatica Cloud Secure Agent is a lightweight program that runs all tasks and enables secure communication across the firewall between your organization and Informatica Cloud.
You can run one Secure Agent on a machine. After you install a Secure Agent, all Informatica Cloud users in the organization share the Secure Agent. You can configure the Secure Agent properties and move it to another Secure Agent group. You can add multiple Secure Agents to a Secure Agent group to improve scalability.
When the Secure Agent runs a task, it connects to the Informatica Cloud hosting facility to access task information. Then the Secure Agent connects directly and securely to sources and targets, transfers data between sources and targets, and performs any additional task requirements. If the Secure Agent loses connectivity to Informatica Cloud, it tries to reestablish connectivity to continue the task. If it cannot reestablish connectivity, the task fails.
If you are using the Secure Agent version 30.0 or higher, see the following article for more information:
https://network.informatica.com/docs/DOC-16693.