Managing Policies

A policy determines preventative behavior and establishes sensor settings. Each endpoint sensor or sensor group is assigned a policy.

Policies are a collection of prevention rules and behavioral settings that define how your sensor interacts and prevents or allows behavior on your endpoint. Within Policies, you can create custom blocking rules, allow applications, and modify the way your sensor communicates with the Carbon Black Cloud.

For best practices and recommendations on tuning security policies, see Tuning: Endpoint Standard Policy Good, Better, Best.

Tip: You can also use the Policies API to achieve all types of policy and sensor setting adjustments.