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Create a protection policy

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Protection policies are multi-slot policies so you can assign multiple policies to one node in the System Tree.

Task

  1. On the Trellix ePO - On-prem console, select Menu → Policy → Policy Catalog.
  2. Select the Solidcore 8.x.x: Change Control product.
  3. Click New Policy to open the Create a new policy dialog box.
  4. Select the category.
  5. Select Blank Template from Create a policy based on this existing policy list to define a policy from scratch.
  6. Specify the policy name, then click OK to save the policy.
  7. Click the policy and specify protection rules.

    Note

    The read-protect feature is disabled by default. To use read protection rules, enable the feature for the endpoints.