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Managing Policies and Layers

What can I do here?

Use this window to view, edit, delete policies or create new ones.

Getting Here

Getting Here - Menu > Manage policies and layers

Or:

Security Policies > click (+) tab > Manage Policies > Manage policies and layers link

Working with Policy Packages

A policy package is a collection of different types of policies. After installation, the Security Gateway enforces all the policies in the package. A policy package can have one or more of these policy types:

The installation process:

You can create different policy packages for different types of sites in an organization.

Example:

An organization has four sites, each with its own requirements. Each site has a different set of Software Blades installed on the Security Gateways:

Item

Security Gateway

Installed Software Blades

1

Sales California

Firewall, VPN

2

Sales Alaska

Firewall, VPN, IPS, DLP

3

Executive management

Firewall, VPN, QoS, and Mobile Access

4

Server farm

Firewall

5

Internet

 

To manage these different types of sites efficiently, you need to create three different Policy Packages. Each Package includes a combination of policy types that correspond to the Software Blades installed on the site's gateway. For example: