Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 3.5 Manuale Utente
ZENworks® ESM 3.5
Administrator’s Manual
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Creating Security Policies
To create a new policy, click Create Policy. The Create Policy window displays. Enter a name for
the policy and click OK. This name can be changed at any time using the primary global settings
(See “Global Policy Settings” on page 90.).
the policy and click OK. This name can be changed at any time using the primary global settings
(See “Global Policy Settings” on page 90.).
Security policies are built by defining all the Global Settings (default behaviors), then creating/
associating existing components for that policy, such as Locations, Firewalls and Integrity Rules,
and finally establishing Compliance Reporting for the policy.
associating existing components for that policy, such as Locations, Firewalls and Integrity Rules,
and finally establishing Compliance Reporting for the policy.
The components are created either within a “dummy” policy or are associated from other policies.
It is assumed that for your first few policies you will be creating all of the unique locations,
firewall settings and integrity rules for the enterprise. These components will be stored in the
Management Service’s database for possible later use in other policies.
It is assumed that for your first few policies you will be creating all of the unique locations,
firewall settings and integrity rules for the enterprise. These components will be stored in the
Management Service’s database for possible later use in other policies.
The diagram below shows the components for each level, and a resulting policy taken from the
selections (see Figure 63).
selections (see Figure 63).
Figure 63 : ESM Security Policy creation process