Managing Ransomware Prevention Policies¶
You can use predefined policies, modify ransomware prevention policies, or change the policy associated with a server.
Important
Currently, you can create a ransomware prevention policy only when enabling ransomware prevention.
Constraints¶
Only premium, WTP, and container editions support ransomware protection.
Changing a Policy¶
You can change the protection policy associated with a server.
Log in to the management console.
Choose Prevention > Ransomware Prevention.
Click the Protected Servers tab.
Select a server and click Change Policy.
In the Change Policy dialog box, select a protection policy.
Click OK.
Modifying a Policy¶
Log in to the management console and go to the HSS page.
In the navigation pane, choose Prevention > Ransomware Prevention. Click the Policies tab.
Click Edit in the Operation column of a policy. Edit the policy configurations and associated servers. For more information, see Table 1.
The following uses a Linux server as an example. On the Protected Servers tab, you can also click the name of the policy associated with the server to edit the policy.
Table 1 Protection policy parameters¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Policy
Policy name.
test
Action
How an event is handled.
Report alarm and isolate
Report alarm
Report alarm and isolate
Dynamic Honeypot Protection
After bait protection is enabled, the system deploys bait files in protected directories and other random positions (unless otherwise specified by users). A bait file occupies a few server resources. Therefore, configure the directories that you do not want to deploy the bait file in the excluded directories.
Note
Currently, Linux servers support dynamic generation and deployment of bait files. Windows servers support only static deployment of bait files.
Enabled
Bait File Directories
Directory that needs to be protected by static bait (excluding subdirectories). You are advised to configure important service directories or data directories.
Separate multiple directories with semicolons (;). You can configure up to 20 directories.
This parameter is mandatory for Linux servers and optional for Windows servers.
Linux: /etc
Windows: C:\Test
Excluded Directory (Optional)
Directory that does not need to be protected by bait files.
Separate multiple directories with semicolons (;). You can configure up to 20 excluded directories.
Linux: /etc/lesuo
Windows: C:\Test\ProData
Protected File Type
Types of files to be protected.
More than 70 file formats can be protected, including databases, containers, code, certificate keys, and backups.
This parameter is mandatory for Linux servers only.
Select all
Associate Servers
Information about the server associated with the policy. If you want to disassociate the server (disable ransomware protection), you can delete the policy.
-Confirm the policy information and click OK.
Deleting a Policy¶
Log in to the management console and go to the HSS page.
In the navigation pane, choose Prevention > Ransomware Prevention. Click the Policies tab.
Click Delete in the Operation column of the target policy.
Note
After a policy is deleted, the associated servers are no longer protected. Before deleting a policy, you are advised to bind its associated servers to other policies.
Confirm the policy information and click OK.