Viewing the Details of a Policy Template

Provides an explanation of the policy template’s purpose to help users determine whether they want to run the policy template.

Indicates whether the administrator has enabled the policy template for use.

Indicates the category for the policy template. For more information, see Understanding the Categories.

You can create, view, and manage the tags associated with a policy template to improve identification and understanding. You can search for policy templates based on these tags.

For more information about adding tags to a policy template, see Create and Apply Tags.

Specifies the range of risk scores that apply to each Risk level. By default, a range of 0-100 represents a minor risk.

Be cautious when changing severity ranges, as any change to the range affects all policy templates.

Lists the security checks included in the policy template.

The Alias Name specifies alternate names that describe the unique instances of the security checks in the policy template. Usually, each instance verifies the status of different policies or requirements. The aliases are designed to help you review the audit report more effectively.

For example, the CIS Level Two Benchmark for RHEL policy template includes multiple instances of the Software not installed security check. Each instance has a unique name that indicates its purpose:

In this example, the alias also includes a numerical reference to the particular CIS requirement.