Overriding General Security Settings

A profile can make use of existing firewall, wireless client role, and WIPS policies and apply them to the profile‘s configuration. This affords each profile a truly unique combination of data protection policies for best meeting the data protection requirements of the profile it supports. However, as deployment requirements arise, an individual device may need some or all of its general security configuration overridden from the profile‘s settings.

To configure a profile‘s security settings and overrides:

  1. Select Configuration > Devices > Device Overrides from the web UI.
  2. Select Security.
  3. Select Settings.
    Note

    Note

    A blue override icon (to the left of a parameter) defines the parameter as having an override applied. To remove an override go to the Basic Configuration section of the device and click Clear Overrides. This removes all overrides from the device.
  4. Refer to the General field to assign or override the following:
    Firewall Policy

    Select the firewall policy used by devices with this profile. Use the icons next to this field to create or add new firewall policies.

    WEP Shared Key Authentication Select this option to require devices to use a WEP key to access the network using this profile. Clients without adapters need to use WEP keys manually configured as hexadecimal numbers. This option is disabled by default.
    Client Identity Group

    Client Identity is a set of unique fingerprints used to identify a class of devices. This information is used to configure permissions and access rules for devices classes in the network. A client identity group is a collection of client identities that identify devices and applies specific permissions and restrictions on these devices. From the drop-down menu, select the client identity group to use with this security setting. For more information, see Device Fingerprinting.

    CMP Policy

    Select the CMP policy used by devices with this profile. Use the icons next to this field to create or add new CMP Policies.

  5. Use the Web Filter drop-down menu to select or override the URL Filter configuration applied to this virtual interface.
    Web filtering is used to restrict access to resources on the internet.
  6. Click OK to save the changes or overrides.
    Click Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.