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Applications Overview

Use the Applications page to view, create, modify, clone, and delete applications and application groups. The Applications page displays the name, object type, category and subcategory, risk associated with, and characteristics of the application. You can create custom application and application group with a set of similar applications for consistent reuse when defining policies.

To access this page, select Security > Shared Objects > Applications.

Field Descriptions

Table 1: Fields on the Applications Page

Field

Description

Name

Enter a unique name for the application or application group. The name must begin with an alphanumeric character and can contain alphanumeric characters and some special characters (colons, hyphens, forward slashes, periods, and underscores); 63-character maximum.

Type

Application or group —either application or application group.

Category

Category of the application. For example, the value of Category can be Messaging, Web, Infrastructure, Remote-Access, Multimedia, and so on

Sub Category

Subcategory of the application. For example, the value of Subcategory can be Wiki, File-Sharing, Multimedia, Social-Networking, News, and so on.

Risk

Level of risk associated with the application. For example, the value of Risk can be Low, Moderate, Unsafe, High, and Critical.

Characteristics

One or more characteristics of the application.

Predefined/Custom

Indicates whether an application or groups is predefined or custom.

Cacheable

If an application is created with the Cacheable option, the column displays True, otherwise displays --.

Created Version

Version of the application.

Order

Order of the application.