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Add a policy group

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You can add a new policy group from the Policy Group Details panel.

  1. In the Policy tab, select <Admin Domain Name> → Intrusion Prevention → Objects → Policy Groups. The Policy Groups page is displayed.

  2. Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png in the Policy Group page. The Policy Group Details panel is displayed.

    Policy Group Details
    Policy Group Details


  3. Update the following fields:

    Option

    Definition

    Name

    Type the name of the policy group.

    Description

    Type the description of the policy group.

    Owner Domain

    Displays the admin domain to which the policy belongs.

    Visibility

    When selected, makes the policy available to the corresponding child admin domains. However, the policy cannot be edited or deleted from the child admin domains.

    From the drop-down list, select the option for the visibility level of the rule object.

    Available options are Owner and child domains and Owner domain only.

    Editable here

    The status Yes indicates that the policy is owned by the current admin domain.

    Modified

    Displays the user who last modified the policy along with the date and time.

    IPS:

    Policy

    Select the IPS policy from the drop-down list. The following are the available default IPS policies:

    • Default Exclude Informational

    • Default DoS and Reconnaissance Only

    • Default Prevention

    • Default Testing

    • Default Detection

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new IPS policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected IPS policy.

    Advanced Malware:

    Inbound Policy

    Select the inbound policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a advanced malware policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected advanced malware policy.

    Outbound Policy

    Select the outbound policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new advanced malware policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected advanced malware policy.

    Inspection Options :

    Policy

    Select the Inspection Options policy from the drop-down list. The following are the available default inspection options policies:

    • Default Client Inspection — To inspect traffic from internal endpoints as they access the Internet.

    • Default Server Inspection — To inspect traffic to exposed Web and mail servers.

    • Default Client and Server Inspection — To inspect traffic both from internal endpoints and to exposed Web and mail servers.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new Inspection Options policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected Inspection Options policy.

    Connection Limiting:

    Policy

    Select the Connection Limiting policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new Connection Limiting policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected Connection Limiting policy.

    Firewall:

    Interface Policy

    Select the Firewall interface policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new Firewall policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected Firewall policy.

    Quality of Service:

    Inbound Policy

    Select the QoS inbound policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new QoS inbound policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected QoS inbound policy.

    Outbound Policy

    Select the QoS outbound policy from the drop-down list.

    Click GUID-E7BA235E-C8E9-494B-A481-32F301FEAAB8-low.png to add a new QoS outbound policy.

    Click GUID-6E2D5582-3868-4FBA-BA20-20A3995E8669-low.png to edit or view the selected QoS outbound policy.

  4. Click Save to save the policy group.