Policy Management - McAfee EPOLICY ORCHESTRATOR 4.0.2 Product Manual

Managing Products with Policies and Client Tasks

Policy management

• Policy pages.
• Server tasks.
• Client tasks.
• Default queries.
• New result types, chart types, and properties to select with the Query Builder wizard.
• Default Dashboards and dashboard monitors.
• Feature permissions that can be assigned to user accounts.
• Additional product-specific functionalities.
Where extension files are located
Some extensions are installed automatically when ePolicy Orchestrator is installed. For products
whose extensions are not installed by default, see the product documentation for the name
and its location on the product CD or in the product download.
Policy management
A policy is a collection of settings that you create, configure, then enforce. Policies ensure that
the managed security software products are configured and perform accordingly. For example,
if end users disable anti-virus scans, you can set a policy that re-enables the scan at the policy
enforcement interval (five minutes by default).
Some policy settings are the same as the settings you configure in the interface of the product
installed on the managed system. Other policy settings are the primary interface for configuring
the product or component. The ePolicy Orchestrator console allows you to configure policy
settings for all products and systems from a central location.
Policy categories
Policy settings for most products are grouped by category. Each policy category refers to a
specific subset of policy settings. Policies are created by category. In the Policy Catalog page,
policies are displayed by product and category. When you open an existing policy or create a
new policy, the policy settings are organized across tabs.
Where policies are displayed
To see all of the policies that have been created per policy category, go to the Systems |
Policy Catalog page, then select the desired Product and Category from the drop-down
lists. On the Policy Catalog page, users can see only policies of the products to which they
have permissions.
To see which policies, per product, are applied to a specific group of the System Tree, go to
the Systems | System Tree | Policies page, select the desired group, then select the desired
Product from the drop-down list.
NOTE: A McAfee Default policy exists for each category. You cannot delete, edit, export or
rename these policies, but you are not required to assign the McAfee Default policies to any
groups or systems.
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