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3. Save. The policy list that is launched will show the change in ownership in the Owner
column.
Note: You can change the ownership of a policy if you are not the owner, but only if the owner
has assigned a policy edit permission to the group to which you belong.
What is a Rule?
A rule is a component of a policy that specifies exactly what data is to be found on the network.
All of the standard policies (Electronic Risk Modules) installed on iGuard are made up of rules that
have been tested and verified. They scan network data regularly and return any data that matches
the conditions defined in that rule.
User-defined rules must be assigned to a custom policy. Not only can they be configured to retrieve
incidents and violations that relate directly to specific problems, but they can also be tuned to
retrieve that information quickly and efficiently on a regular basis.
Rule-Based Activation
User-defined rules require finer control than those under standard policies because they address
specific local problems. Unlike the policy-based model used for standard policies and rules, rule-
based activation is flexible.
For this reason, a custom policy's activation status does not proliferate down to its rules unless the
Inherit Policy State of the rule is specifically Enabled. By default, the inherit state of user-defined
rules is automatically set to Disabled to maintain independence from the policy to which they
belong.
Activate or Deactivate a Rule
The standard rules that are provided with iGuard usually share the same activation status as the
policies to which they belong (policy-based activation).
They may be activated or deactivated, but they will revert to the state of the policy to which they
belong when they are modified and saved. This happens because their Inherit Policy State is set to
Enabled by default.
User-defined rules can be activated or deactivated more easily (rule-based activation).The user
determines whether or not they mirror their policy's state by setting the Inherit Policy State when
creating or editing the rule.
To activate or deactivate a rule:
1. Go to Policies.
2. Click on a policy.
3. When the Edit Policy window is launched, check the box of the rule whose activation
state you want to change.
4. Pull down the Actions menu.
5. Select Activate or Deactivate.