Managing the Access Policy
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Managing the Access Policy
This section describes how to set up and manage your Quantum SparkAppliance access policy.
Configuring the Firewall Access Policy and Blade
In the Access Policy > Firewall Blade Control page you can set the default Access Policy control level, set
the default applications and URLs to block and allow secure browsing, and configure User Awareness.
The Access Policy is a set of rules that defines the security requirements for your appliance for incoming,
internal, and outgoing traffic.
The Access Policy includes:
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Firewall Policy - Defines how to inspect packets.
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Application & URL Filtering - Defines how to control Internet browsing and application usage.
The Access Policy > Firewall Blade Control page lets you easily define the default policy for your
organization. In addition, you can define and view the rule based policy in the Access Policy > Firewall
Policy page. Configurations in the Firewall Blade Control page are shown as automatically generated
system rules at the bottom of the Rule Base. We recommend you use the Access Policy > Firewall Policy
page to define manual rules that are exceptions to the default policy defined in this page.
The Access Policy > Firewall Blade Control page defines the default policy for incoming, internal, and
outgoing traffic to and from your organization. In addition, the Access Policy > Firewall Servers page lets
you easily define the default access policy for specific servers within your organization and automatically
generated system rules are also defined.