Agent Prevention Policies ↗
Agent Prevention Policies define the security posture for endpoints.
| Permissions | Description | Roles Example |
|---|---|---|
| None | Cannot view the Policy Rules page (Inventory → Endpoints → Policy Management → Prevention → Policy Rules), which includes endpoint details, or view policy effectiveness. | |
| View | View the Prevention Policies menu, including viewing the policies list, details, protection settings, and viewing assigned groups. | <ul><li>SOC Tier-1 Analyst: Understanding policies helps explain why actions were blocked or allowed.</li><li>SOC Tier-2 Analyst: Policy visibility is essential for understanding protection posture</li><li>Threat Hunter: Understanding prevention policies helps identify detection gaps.</li></ul> |
| View/Edit | All view capabilities plus creating, editing, deleting, and copying policies, assigning, and setting policy priority. | <ul><li>SOC Tier 3 Analyst: May provide input on policy improvements, but changes should go through change management.</li><li>Security Engineer: Primary responsibility for policy development and implementation.</li></ul> |
Required and recommended permissions
Consider adding the following permissions:
| Permission | Permission Level | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Groups | View | Required for policy assignment. |
| Agent Administrations | View | Strongly recommended. View endpoints to validate policy deployment and verify protection status after changes. |
| Global Exceptions | View | Strongly recommended. Exceptions modify policy behavior. Understanding active exceptions is essential for accurate policy assessment. View/Edit. Required. Policy changes often require corresponding exception updates. Without exception access, policy tuning is incomplete. |
| Host Insights | View | Recommended for viewing policy effectiveness. |
| Agent Profiles | View | Strongly recommended. Prevention profiles define the detailed security settings within policies. Understanding profiles is essential for effective policy design. |
| Cases & Issues | View | Recommended. Review security events to inform policy tuning decisions. Understanding what threats are being detected helps optimize policies. |