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  6. Create a CylancePROTECT Mobile policy

Create a
CylancePROTECT Mobile
 policy

You create and assign a
CylancePROTECT Mobile
 policy to users and groups to enable the service and control which features you want to use.
You can configure risk assessment settings in the policy to maps the alerts that are detected by the
CylancePROTECT Mobile
 app to risk levels (for example, you can specify that compromised devices should be treated as high risk). The risk levels of the alerts are used to determine a mobile device's overall risk level. You can view the device risk level in the management console (Assets > Mobile Devices and in the device details). Note that there is no default configuration of the risk assessment settings.
If you integrate Cylance Endpoint Security with Microsoft Intune,
Cylance Endpoint Security
 will periodically send the overall risk level of a mobile device to
Intune
. You can use
Intune
 to configure mitigation actions for device risk levels.
  1. In the management console, on the menu bar, click
    Policies > User Policy
    .
  2. On the
    Protect Mobile
     tab, click
    Add Policy
    .
  3. Type a name and description for the policy.
  4. In the
    Notifications
     section, you can specify the count and interval of the notifications that the
    CylancePROTECT Mobile
     app provides to the user when it detects a threat. You specify the type of notification (device, email, or no notification) in the
    Device Settings
     section (step 6).
  5. In the
    Data privacy
     section, if you want to obfuscate certain pieces of information when the
    CylancePROTECT Mobile
     app reports a threat so that the information cannot be stored and displayed in the management console in plain text, turn on
    Data privacy
    , then select the fields that you want to obfuscate.
  6. In the
    Device Settings
     section, click
    Android
     or
    iOS
     and turn on the features that you want to use. For more information about the
    CylancePROTECT Mobile
     features, see Key features of CylancePROTECT Mobile. Note that sideload detection is not supported for
    iOS
     17.5 and later.
    1. For each feature that you enable, select the appropriate check box to enable or disable device notifications and email notifications. If you turn off device and email notifications, the user must open the
      CylancePROTECT Mobile
       app to view alerts.
    2. If you enable any of the following features, complete these additional steps:
    Feature
    Platform
    Additional steps
    Malicious apps
    Android
    1. To exempt apps on the safe list from malware scanning, turn on
      Always allow apps in the safe app list
      .
    2. To automatically block apps on the unsafe list, turn on
      Always block apps in the restricted app list
      .
    3. If you want to scan system apps that are preinstalled in the system partition on the device, turn on
      Scan system apps
      .
    4. If you want to enable the upload of apps to the
      CylancePROTECT Mobile
       services over a
      Wi-Fi
       connection, turn on
      Upload app packages for safety check over a Wi-Fi connection
      . Specify, in MB, the maximum size of an app that can be uploaded over
      Wi-Fi
      , and the maximum size of all apps that can be uploaded in a month (30 days). If either maximum is exceeded, the upload does not occur and an error is added to the device log.
    5. If you want to enable the upload of apps to the
      CylancePROTECT Mobile
       services over a mobile network, turn on
      Upload app packages for safety check over a mobile network connection
      . Specify, in MB, the maximum size of an app that can be uploaded over a mobile network, and the maximum size of all apps that can be uploaded in a month (30 days). If either maximum is exceeded, the upload does not occur and an error is added to the device log.
    Unsupported device model
    Android
    iOS
    Click
    Edit
     and select the device models that you want to restrict.
    Unsupported OS
    Android
    iOS
    Add the available OS versions to the supported and unsupported lists based on your organization's security standards.
    SafetyNet
     or
    Play Integrity
     attestation failure
    Android
    If you want to enable Compatibility Test Suite matching for the
    CylancePROTECT Mobile
     app, turn on
    Enable CTS profile matching
    .
    Hardware attestation failure
    Android
    1. In the
      Minimum security level required
       drop-down list, click the appropriate level. For more information, see SecurityLevel on the Android Developers site.
    2. If you want to enforce a minimum security patch level on devices, turn on
      Security patch level
      . Add the appropriate device models and specify the security patch date.
    Insecure
    Wi-Fi
    Android
    Add the available
    Wi-Fi
     access algorithms to the safe and unsafe lists based on your organization's security standards.
    Unsafe message
    Android
    iOS
    1. In the
      Scanning option
       drop-down list, select one of the following:
      • If you want to send messages to the
        CylancePROTECT Mobile
         services to determine if they are safe, click
        Cloud scanning
        .
      • If you want to use only the local machine learning models of the
        CylancePROTECT Mobile
         app to identify unsafe URLs, click
        On-device scanning
        .
      • If you want to disable URL scanning, click
        No scanning
        .
    2. For
      Android
       devices, in the
      Start scanning offset
       field, specify, in hours, the age of text messages that are eligible for scanning. If you specify 0, only new messages are eligible for scanning.
  7. If you want to configure risk assessment settings for
    CylancePROTECT Mobile
     alerts, do the following:
    1. In the
      Risk Assessment
       section, click
      Add Detections
      .
    2. Drag and drop the detections to the risk level that you want to apply to them. For information about the detections, see Key features of CylancePROTECT Mobile.
  8. Click
    Save
    .