Create policy folders and add policies to folders in On-Premise Appliance

This article applies to organisations with an On-Premise setup, and those with a 'Hybrid' setup (both On-Premise Appliance and Cloud).

 

Policy folders can help you organise policies, such as grouping policies by User Group. Anything you enter into the fields of a Policy folder applies to all policies within that folder.

You can create and manage Policy folders in these sections:

  • Guardian > Anti-malware > Policy Wizard.
  • Guardian > Web Filter > Policy Wizard.
  • Guardian > Content Modification > Policy Wizard.
  • Guardian > HTTPS inspection > Policy wizard.

Important

  • You can’t create sub-folders.
  • Check your folders carefully to ensure you don’t have contradicting policies.

 

Before you begin

You can’t move existing policies into folders, so make a note of your existing policy configuration, delete your existing policies and recreate them within the folder.

Create a Policy folder

  1. In the relevant area, go to the Policy Wizard page to start the Create Policy wizard.
  2. Configure the available fields (Who, What, Where, etc). Policies added to the folder will inherit these settings.
    • Web Filter policies in a Hybrid setup: You must set at least one of the Who, What, Where or When fields for the Policy folder or you won’t be able to edit these fields in Cloud Filter after policies sync between platforms. If you have done this, delete the Policy folder then set it up in Cloud Filter.
    • Content Modification policies: You should leave at least one of the Who, What, or Where fields blank, or all policies added to the Policy folder will have the same settings.
    • For all other policy types, you can fill in or leave the fields blank.
  3. For the Action, select Create policy folder.
  4. Ensure the Enable policy checkbox is selected.
  5. Select Confirm.
  6. On the next page, select Save.

Add policies to a folder

  1. Go to the Manage policies page.
  2. Select the folder icon, this will start the Create Policy wizard.
  3. Fill in the Who, What, Where, etc. fields not defined for the Policy folder. Any fields set for the Policy folder will apply to the policy and can’t be edited.
  4. Ensure the Enable policy checkbox is selected.
  5. Select Confirm.
  6. On the next page, select Save.

Next steps

Reorder, turn off, edit or delete policies and folders.