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Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide Maintenance
Policy maintenance and tasks
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Policy maintenance and tasks
ePolicy Orchestrator provides two locations on the console tree to view and manage
Host Intrusion Prevention policies and tasks:
Policies tab of a selected node in the console tree
Policy Catalog page.
Policies tab
Use the Policies tab to view, modify, or create the policy information relating to a
selected node. For details, see:
IPS Policies on page 33
Firewall Policies on page 68
Application Blocking Policies on page 94
General Policies on page 103.
Policy inheritance and assignment
The Policies tab enables you to lock or unlock policy inheritance, view and reset broken
inheritance, and copy policy assignments from one node to another.
To lock the assignment of a custom policy:
1 In the console tree, select a group or computer and click the Policies tab.
2 Expand a Host Intrusion Prevention feature to display the policies assigned to the
node.
3 Click
Edit for a custom policy.
4 Select
Lock, and then click Apply.
To view and reset broken inheritance below a specific node:
1 In the console tree, select a group or computer and click the
Policies tab.
2 Expand a Host Intrusion Prevention feature to display the policies assigned to the
node.
Note
Only administrators can lock a named policy.
Figure 8-1 Policy inheritance