Learning VMware NSX - Second Edition

Security policies

Security policies are sets of rules that apply to a virtual machine, network, or firewall services. Security policies are reusable rulesets that can be applied to security groups. Security policies express three types of rulesets:

• Endpoint services: Guest-based services such as anti-virus solutions and vulnerability management
• Firewall rules: Distributed Firewall policies
• Network introspection services: Network services such as intrusion detection systems and encryption

These rules are applied to all objects and virtual machines that are part of a security group to which this policy is associated. The order of the policies applied depends on the assigned weight. The weight of a policy determines the order in the list of ...