What is a profile or policy in Endpoint Protection?

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The Endpoint Protection settings are based on the creation of profiles and groups of computers to which specific policies are assigned. A policy is a group of settings that can be applied to one or more groups of computers. All computers in a group share the same policy.

Steps to configure a profile

1. Go to the Endpoint Protection administration console.
2. The default profile and the profiles created will be displayed in the Profiles section of the Settings tab.
   
   
3. Select a profile and the configuration sections that correspond to each profile will be displayed in the left panel: General, Antivirus, Firewall, Device Control, Exchange Servers, Web access control and OS X.

Additional information

For further information about profiles settings, check the following articles:

• General configuration of a profile
• Antivirus configuration of a profile
• Firewall configuration of a profile from the web console
• Device Control configuration
• Exchange Servers configuration (only in PCOP Advanced)
• Web access control configuration (only in PCOP Advanced)
• Endpoint Protection OS X