Creating New Profiles

You can create additional profiles for the devices on your system. Security templates are provided for this purpose. The template is used to create a security profile instance. You can start with a blank profile or you can clone an existing one if it is similar to the one you want to create, thus making the procedure easier to perform.

To create a new security profile:

  1. On the Operations tab, expand Security Management in the left navigation pane and click the Security Templates link. The security templates on your system will be displayed in the content area on the right.

    The first template displayed is a general security tool template that can be used to manage the scanning of all security software on your system. The following ones are specific to a particular software product and allow you to provide more options as relevant to that product.

    In our example, we are using the general template to illustrate how to create profiles.

  2. In the DisplayName column, click the name of the template for which you want to create a new profile. As indicated, we are using the generic template. A window opens that contains the following tabs:
  3. On the Profiles tab, click Create a New Profile on the toolbar in the Security Profiles table. The Security Profile Creation Wizard opens.

    Alternatively, you can check the box next to an existing profile that you want to copy and click Copy the Selected Profile. The Copy and Modify Security Profile Wizard opens in this case. This wizard allows you to clone the selected existing profile. If you select to copy an existing profile, all fields, except for the profile Display Name, will be populated with the values contained in the selected existing profile.

  4. In either wizard, specify the following information:
  5. Click Next. The next page of the wizard opens which allows you to type properties specific to the particular template. In the case of copy, these fields will be pre-populated and you will have to modify them as necessary. In the generic template, you must specify the following:
  6. Click Create or Copy depending on the wizard. The newly created profile is listed in the Security Profiles table on the Profiles tab. The number of profiles in the Operations area is also updated to reflect the latest addition.


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