Changing the Firewall action for network rules of an application group via Kaspersky Security Center

In Kaspersky Security Center, you can change the Firewall action for the network rules of an application group:

• For all network rules created by default for an application group.
• For an individual network rule manually created for an application group.

To change the Firewall action for all network rules created by default for an application group using Kaspersky Security Center:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
5. In the policy properties window, select the Firewall section in the list on the left.
6. In right part of the window, the Firewall rules section, click the Settings button located in the upper part of the section.
7. In the Firewall window that opens, on the Application control rules tab, in the list of applications, select the application group for which network rules you want to change the Firewall action. As a result of the procedure, the Firewall action will be changed only for network rules created by default. The custom network rules for this application group remain unchanged.
8. In the Network column, open the context menu and select the action that you want to assign:
   • Inherit.
   • Allow.
   • Block.
9. In the Firewall window, click OK.
10. Click the Apply button.

To change the Firewall action for an individual network rule manually created for an application group using Kaspersky Security Center:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. Complete steps 2–6 of the previous instructions.
3. In the list of applications, select the application group for whose network rule you want to change the Firewall action.
4. Click the Edit button or open the context menu and select the Group rules item.

   The Application group control rules window opens.

5. In the window that opens, select the Network rules tab.
6. In the list of network rules select the network rule for which you want to change the Firewall action.
7. In the Permission column, open the context menu and select the action that you want to assign:
   • Allow.
   • Block.
   • Log events.
8. In the Application group control rules window, click OK.
9. In the Firewall window, click OK.
10. Click the Apply button.

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