we are planning to deploy an additional security console in on-premise env of our overseas office that has no direct connection to our existing security console. I am aware that to deploy additional consoles I need to talk to my CSM (as stated in Deploy Additional Consoles | InsightVM Documentation).
My question is, do the additional console need to have direct connection to the existing security console, or connection to rapid7 servers for integration with insight platform enough?
Consoles do not talk to each other, they are separate entities.
Only Engines communicate back to your consoles.
Yes, depending on your licensing model you may need to talk to you CSM, each console plays a different role and only one can be your primary for your “ORG”, and depending on your licensing determines how many consoles. you can deploy and then you will also need to re-allocate IP addresses on the insight platform as well..