Create a protected group

To protect VMs, each VM needs to be part of a protected VM group. The definition of the group contains the following:

Prerequisites:

VM membership by subnets they belong to.
Cluster that should inspect traffic from these VMs.
The security policy that applies to these VMs.

To create a Protected Group, perform the following steps:

Login to the Trellix IPS Manager instance.
Select Policy → <Admin Domain Name> → Intrusion Prevention → Policy Manager.

Select the vIPS Protected Groups tab.

vIPS Protected Groups

Description of columns in the vIPS Protected Group tab.

Options and descriptions in the vIPS Protected Group tab

Option	Description
Protected Group	Name — Name of the Protected Group. Note The minimum length for the name is 1 character. The name can contain up to 50 alphanumeric (upper or lower case letters) characters, including hyphens and underscores. The name must begin with a letter. Description — Description of the Protected Group. Note The minimum length for description is 1 character. The maximum allowed character length is 255 characters. Inspection Mode — Mode of inspection. Displays the mode as IPS.
vIPS Cluster	The cluster of instances for which the Protected Group applies.
Traffic Source	Traffic source for the Protected Group.
vIPS Controller	Controller for the Protected Group. Note This does not apply to GCPNSI.
Individual Policy Assignments	IPS — Type of IPS policy applicable for the Protected Group. Advanced Malware — Malware policy applicable for the Protected Group. Inspection Options — Inspection policy applicable for the Protected Group. Connection Limiting — Connection limiting policy applicable for the Protected Group. Firewall — Firewall policies applicable for the Protected Group.
	Refresh the status of all the Protected Groups.
Search	Enter the keyword to search the required Protected Group.
	Create a new Protected Group.
	Deletes a Protected Group.
Save as CSV	Creates a .csv list of the list of Protected Groups.

To add a Protected Group, click . Enter the details for the Protected Group. in the Details window.

Note
For each account you wish to secure, Trellix recommends you create a separate protected group for different accounts. In the event of an attack, this will help in identifying the account that was attacked.

Option descriptions

Option	Description
Details	Details of the Protected Group. Protected Group Name — Name of the Protected Group. Note The minimum length for the name is 1 character. The name can contain up to 50 alphanumeric (upper or lower case letters) characters, including hyphens and underscores. The name must begin with a letter. Description — A brief description of the Protected Group. Note The minimum length for description is 1 character. The maximum allowed character length is 255 characters. Inspection Mode — Mode of inspection. You can select IPS.
vIPS Cluster	Specify the Cluster for the Protected Group. To create a new Cluster or edit an existing Cluster, see Create a Cluster in the Manager for AWS.
Member VMs	Specify the VMs/Instance subnet for the Protected Group. Click Add to add the subnet CIDRs that you want to include in this Protected Group.
Member Accounts	Specify the accounts to narrow down the selection of VMs. Leave blank to include VMs in all accounts accessible to the controller.
Trellix Virtual IPS Controller	Specify the Controller for the Protected Group. Click Add to add a Controller that you want to include in this Protected Group. Note This does not apply to GWLB.
Policy Group	Specify the Policy Group.
IPS	Specify the IPS policy for the Protected Group.
Advanced Malware	Specifies the Malware policy for the Protected Group. Inbound Policy — Select the Malware policy for inbound traffic. Outbound Policy — Select the Malware policy for outbound traffic.
Inspection Options	Specify the Inspection policy for the Protected Group.
Connection Limiting	Specify the Connection Limiting policy for the Protected Group.
Firewall	Specify the Firewall policy for the Protected Group. Interface Policy — The type of firewall policy. Effective Rules — Click on Inbound to view the inbound rules for the selected interface policy. Click on Outbound to view the outbound rules for the selected interface policy.

Note
To create a new policy or to edit an existing policy, see the Trellix Intrusion Prevention System Product Guide.

Click Save.
On successful save, the Protected Group information is displayed in the vIPS Protected Groups tab.
Details panel