Manage Port Rule

The Quick Actions menu of a Port Rule is where you view, edit, delete, enable or disable a rule, and create an alert for it.

Use this to

  • View or edit the details of an existing port rule.
  • Enable or disable a rule, or delete it.
  • Create an alert for unauthorized ports on the tagged assets.

Quick Actions options

Software Rules Quick Options.

Action What it does
(1) View Shows the rule details.
(2) Edit Opens the rule so you can update it.
(3) Delete Deletes the rule. A confirmation pop-up opens; click Yes to delete the selected rule.
(4) Enable / Disable Turns the rule on or off.
(5) Create Alert Creates an alert for unauthorized port installation on the assets that carry the tags in this rule.

If you want to stop a rule from applying but keep its configuration, disable the rule instead of deleting it. You can enable it again later from the same menu.

Create an alert

Click Create Alert to create an alert for unauthorized port installation on the assets that carry the tags in this rule.

Create Alert for Port Rule.

The port rule and the alert are modified independently of each other. If you create an alert named ‘port_rule_1’ from the port rule named ‘port_rule_1’ and then change the rule, the alert does not change with it, and the reverse is also true.