Cisco Security Agent

The Relationship Between Policies, Modules, and Rules

Policies, modules, and rules within CSA are the mechanisms that enforce your written security policy. At the lowest level of this three-component hierarchy, rules are the individual components that enforce specific system interaction. After several associated rules are created, they are typically combined into a rule module. Rule modules are collections of rules grouped together to serve a specific purpose. These rule modules are then grouped with other rule modules to form a policy.

For example, you may build a policy to protect a specific folder and files on remote systems from being modified or deleted. This policy might include three rule modules, each associated with rules protecting ...