Policies Interface

The Policies interface lists all policies that you have defined in Threat Prevention.

Click Policies in the Navigation pane to open the Policies interface.

You can sort the list of policies alphanumerically ascending or descending by clicking on a column header. An arrow appears in the right corner of the column header indicating the type of sorting. There is also a right-click menu for each policy row.

The columns are (left to right):

• Policy State – Indicates whether the policy is enabled (green) or disabled (gray)

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  This only displays the state of the policy. It doesn't change its state.

• Customized Schedule Icon – A clock symbol displays when the policy has been customized

• Name – Name of the policy

• Path – Folder and sub-folder location of the policy within the Navigation pane

• Description – The description provided on the General tab of the policy

Policies Node

Under the Policies node in the Navigation pane, folders organize the policies. You can create folders at the top level or as sub-folders. Threat Prevention supports unlimited levels for organizing policies. A user with administrator rights can apply protection on a folder node. See the Data Protection topic for additional information.

• Click a policy to open it and view its configuration and recent event data.
• Use drag-and-drop to move policies from one folder to another, unless policy protections restrict it.
• You can also drag a template from a template folder and drop it into a policy folder, which copies the template into a policy. See the Templates Interface topic for additional information.
• The green dot over the policy icon identifies an enabled policy in the Navigation pane.

See the Policy Configuration topic for additional information on creating policies.

Right-Click Menu

Each policy listed in the Policies interface has a right-click menu. Select a policy and right-click to open this menu.

It contains the following options:

Right-Click Command	Description
Enable	Enables disabled policies. Nothing happens if selected for an enabled policy.
Disable	Disables enabled policies. Nothing happens if selected for a disabled policy.
Export	Exports the selected policy’s configuration to an XML file through the Export Policies and Templates Window
Remove	Deletes the selected policy

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If the selected policy is protected and the current user doesn't have the Manage Policies permission for it, these options are grayed-out. See the Data Protection topic for additional information on protection.