Adjusting Process Security allows a process to be protected from most tampering by users. For example, adjusting process security can restrict who can stop a process from the task manager. We recommend that you adjust process security in a test environment before you deploy it to the production environment.
To include a Process Security Descriptor action in an Application Control policy, you must create a security descriptor and a process security action.
Create a Security Descriptor
The Security Descriptor defines who has what rights to the process that is started. As shown in the following screenshot, you can create a new Process Security Descriptor by clicking Security Descriptors - User Defined.
Then define what rights each user or group has to the process, as shown in the following screenshot.
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For detailed instructions about how to create a security descriptor, go to Security descriptors.
Create a Process Security Action
A Process Security Descriptor action applies restrictions to the process. To create a Process Security Descriptor action, do the following steps:
- In the Policies tab of the Security Manager Console, right-click the Process Security folder.
- Click New > Set Process Security Descriptor Action.
- Create a name for the new Process Security Descriptor Action.
- Click the Select... link.
- Click the Security Descriptor that you want to attach the new action to.
- Click Save.
The new action appears in the list of actions available in the Process Security folder. It is now available to include in an Application Control policy. For details about creating an Application Control policy, go to Create Application Control Policies.