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# Add Policy

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click <i class="fa-plus">:plus:</i> **Create New Policy** in the upper-right corner of the [Policies Overview](/docs/manual/english/internal/configurations/policies.md#policies-overview) to create a new custom policy. This opens **Dashboard** → **Configurations** → **Policies** → **Add**.

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click **Expand** to display all available settings for the corresponding section. Alternatively, click **Collapse** to collapse an expanded section.

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click **Save Changes** after configuring all settings to create and save the new custom policy.

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**Please note:** If you leave this view without clicking **Save Changes**, all configured settings will be lost permanently.
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## General Information

The following options are available:

<table><thead><tr><th width="200.46875">Option</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Title</td><td>Assign a meaningful name to the policy.</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td><p>Provide a more detailed description of the policy.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>This field is optional.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Guideline

Folgende Optionen stehen zur Verfügung:

<table><thead><tr><th width="200.46875">Option</th><th>Beschreibung</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Check Text</td><td>Specify exactly what should be verified in order for the policy to be considered compliant.</td></tr><tr><td>Fix Text</td><td><p>Specify how a missing or incorrect configuration can be remediated.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>This field is optional.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Additional Settings

The following options are available:

<table><thead><tr><th width="200.46875">Option</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Severity</td><td><p>Define the severity level of the policy.</p><p></p><p><i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click the <strong>Severity</strong> field to display a list of available options. </p><p></p><p>The following values are available:</p><ul><li><strong>Low</strong>: The policy has low severity.</li><li><strong>Medium</strong>: The policy has medium severity.</li><li><strong>High</strong>: he policy has high severity.<br></li></ul><p><i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click the <strong>Remove</strong> icon <i class="fa-xmark">:xmark:</i> next to a selected option to remove it from the <strong>Severity</strong> field.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Control Correlation Identifier (CCI)</td><td><p>Specify the identifier of the security requirement (CCI) on which the policy is based.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>This field is optional.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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