Importing policies

BMC Helix Cloud Security uses user-assigned policies while scanning resources for violations. It allows users to import policies either from the policy library or from user's disk. 

To import policies from the policy library:


Steps

Example Screens

1.

Log on to BMC Helix Cloud Security and click Manage > Policies.

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2.

From the Import Policy menu on the Manage Policies page, choose Import from policy library.

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3.

From the Policy Library page, select the policies you want to update.

Only those policies which are not present for the specific tenant are available in the policy library.

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The available policies are sorted into appropriate categories for user convenience.

When the tenant does not have any policies or when new policies are introduced, they are listed in the All New Policies section.

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All AWS related policies that are absent on the tenant are listed in the AWS section.

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Google Cloud Platform services policies are listed in the GCP section.

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All Azure services policies that are absent on the tenant are listed in the Azure section.

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All Docker services policies that are absent on the tenant are listed in the Docker section.

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This section shows all policies aside from the ones listed in prior sections such as Linux policies, Windows policies, Kubernetes policies, etc.

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4.

After selecting the required policies, click Import Policy.

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5.

User will be apprised of the successful import of policies with the following message.

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If you wish to import policies directly from your disk, you may do so by clicking on Import from disk under Import Policy on the Manage Policies page.

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