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  1. Log into your DSM as a Security Administrator.
  2. At the top, click Policies to create a new policy and to see a list of existing policies. For the purpose of this exercise, you can disregard the drop-down menu items.

     

  3. Click Add Online Policy, as shown below. Please note, the appliance will not let you create a policy until you first create a key.

     

  4. In Name, enter a descriptive name for your policy. Please note that you cannot change the name of a policy after the name has been created.

     

  5. Mark the Learn Mode box, review the message in the pop-up window, and then click OK in the pop-up window.



  6. Under Key Selection Rules, click Add. This is the production key that will be used to encrypt and decrypt data being guarded by this policy.
    • For your reference, the image below shows a new policy that has been named with a descriptor and the Learn Mode enabled. No key or security rules have been added yet. 



  7. Next to Key, click Select to browse your list of keys. 



  8. Under Selected, mark the button that corresponds to newly created production key, and then Select Key



  9. The production key you selected will populate the Key field. Click OK. 



  10. The production key will partly populate the Add Online Policy window. Under Security Rules, click Add to add the catch-all rule.

     

  11. Next to Effect, click Select.

     

  12. Mark Deny, Audit, and Apply Keys, and then click Select Effect.



  13. Your selections will populate the Effect field. Click OK. This is now your catch-all rule. 



  14. Click Apply to save your newly created catch-all rule, and then click OK

    • For your reference, when you click OK, any changes will be saved, and you will be redirected to the list of existing policies. 



  15. Review your newly created policy in the list. 


Next Step: Introduction to Policy Rules




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