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Create New Policy for Discovered Cloud Application

  1. On the Discovered Clouds page, click the row for the app for which you want to create a new policy.
    The row is highlighted, and the Onboard and Policy icons become active.

  2. Click the Policy icon.
  3. Select Create a New Policy, choose either Unsanctioned App or App Category.

    The Access Control Policy page opens in a separate browser tab.

  4. Enter a Policy Name (required) and a Description (optional).
  5. Select a Content Inspection Type.
  6. (Optional) To specify a time range in which the cloud application will be available, click the Time Window toggle.
    Then, select these options:
    • The days of the week for which you want to apply a time window
    • The time range for those days
  7. To add another time window, click the + icon, then select the days and time ranges for that time window.

    To add a time range for after office hours, (for example, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 AM), you need to configure two time-window settings: the first for the hours up until midnight; the second for the hours starting at midnight and ending at the desired morning time.

    • Set a time range from 7:00 PM until 0:00 (midnight).
    • Click the + sign to add a time range from 0:00 (midnight) until 8:00 am.

  8. Click Next.
  9. In the left menu, the app or category you chose for the new policy is checked.

  10. Under Context, select
    • Activity type
    • Context type and context
    • Context exceptions (optional)
  11. Select policy action and secondary action.
  12. Review the policy information on the Summary page.
    To change anything, click Previous and edit as needed. Otherwise, click Confirm to save the policy.