Assigning A Policy To A Group - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

Assigning a policy to a group

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3 Click a padlock icon to lock or unlock the corresponding setting.
4 Click OK.
You can also lock and unlock Tamper Protection settings and Submissions settings.
See Changing Tamper Protection settings"
See Enabling or disabling client submissions to Symantec Security Response"
on page 172.
You assign a policy to a client computer through a group. Every group has exactly
one policy of each protection type that is assigned to it at all times. If you have
both Windows clients and Mac clients, you can put them into separate groups or
you can manage them in the same group. If you put them in the same group and
apply a policy, each type of client applies the appropriate policy settings. Window
computers ignore the settings that only apply to Mac computers, and Mac
computers ignore the settings that only apply to Window computers.
You can assign a policy to one or more groups. The policy replaces the currently
assigned policy of the same protection type.
Policies are assigned to computer groups as follows:
At initial installation, the Symantec default security policies are assigned to
the My Company parent group.
The security policies in the My Company parent group are automatically
assigned to each newly created child group.
You replace a policy in a group by assigning another policy of the same type.
You can replace a policy that is assigned to the My Company parent group or
to any child group.
New groups always inherit from their immediate parent group. If you create a
hierarchy of sub-groups, each one inherits from its immediate parent, not from
the top-level parent.
The user interface in the Assign policy dialog box conveys the following additional
information:
A folder icon indicates a group.
A check mark in a green circle indicates that this policy is assigned to this group.
Using policies to manage security
Assigning a policy to a group
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