Viewing the rule sets listing
is shipped with factory-installed rule sets, based on industry standards, regulatory standards, and vendor recommendations, or best practices. You can customize the factory-installed rules and rule sets to create customer-specific sets. Rule sets are simply containers for the rules which are assigned to one or more groups and enabled for “Continual Compliance” checking. This topic contains the following sections:
Viewing the list of rule sets
- Go to Network > Scripts > Rule Sets. By default, rule sets are ordered by Name. To sort by any other column, click the column header. To view the details of a rule set, click the rule set name.
(Optional) Perform one of the following tasks by using the menu options that are available on the Rule Sets page:
Menu option
Description
Views
Display rule sets matching a favorite view. See About-lists-and-views and Managing-and-sharing-views.
Filter
Filter the rule sets list based on selected criteria
Add
Add a rule set. See Adding-a-rule-set.
Manage Rights
Manage access rights for rule sets. See Managing-rule-set-access-rights.
Refresh
Refresh the list with any recent updates
(Optional) Perform one of the following actions by clicking an icon in the Actions column on the Rule Sets page:
Action
Description
View
Display details about the rule set
Edit
Edit the rule set. See Adding-a-rule-set.
Copy
Copy the rule set
Note: When you copy a rule set, the member rules are also copied. However, any association between a rule and a security vulnerability is not copied.Delete
Delete the rule set
Enable
Disable
Disable the rule set
1. When a rule set is enabled, compliance checking is performed by the configuration snapshot and Network > Refresh Device Status actions. You should enable the rule set only after you have created, tested, and assigned the associated rules.
To perform compliance checks for enabled rule sets as part of the configuration snapshot operation, you must turn on the Check Compliance Violations after Snapshot system parameter. Compliance violations are logged and shown on the Dashboard. Logged violations could trigger a policy to perform one or more actions (for example, send notification or remediate).
To define a filter for the rule sets listing
- Select Network > Scripts > Rule Sets.
- Click the Filter menu option above the list of rule sets.
- Specify or select any of the following optional attributes:
- Name of the rule set
- Whether the rule set is enabled
- Click Submit.