Each policy setting has a lock button icon (). The table below shows lock button statuses:
Lock button statuses
Status |
Description |
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If an open lock is displayed next to a setting and the toggle button is disabled, the setting is not specified in the policy. A user can change these settings in the managed application interface. These type of settings are called unlocked. |
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If a closed lock is displayed next to a setting and the toggle button is enabled, the setting is applied to the devices where the policy is enforced. A user cannot modify the values of these settings in the managed application interface. These type of settings are called locked. |
We highly recommend that you close locks for the policy settings that you want to apply on the managed devices. The unlocked policy settings can be reassigned by Kaspersky application settings on a managed device.
You can use a lock button for performing the following actions:
Thus, a locked setting is used for implementing effective settings on a managed device.
A process of effective settings implementation includes the following actions:
A policy and managed Kaspersky application contain the same set of settings. When you configure policy settings, the Kaspersky application settings change values on a managed device. You cannot adjust locked settings on a managed device (see the figure below):
Locks and Kaspersky application settings