Create policies

Snyk AppRisk includes a powerful policy editor for creating and modifying policies.

There are two steps to building policies:

1. Define filters - Set filter conditions on asset properties.

2. Set actions - Define actions to be taken on filtered assets.

New policy

You can create a new policy using the Start from scratch option or choose one of the available policy templates using the Use a template option.

Policy view, New policy options

Start from scratch - policy creation

To create a new policy, you have to click the New Policy option from the Policies/Assets view and select the Start from scratch option.

You must name your policy and, optionally, provide a description of the policy. After you complete these steps you have to define the filters and set the actions of your policy.

Use a template - policy creation

You can create a new policy by using one of the available templates. To select one of the policy templates, you have to click the New Policy option from the Policies/Assets view and select the Use a template option. You can select one of the templates from the templates library by clicking the Use template button from the policy template card.

Each policy template has a name, a description, and displays the graphic connections between filters and actions.

The following video explains how to use a policy template from the Policies view:

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You can customize the filters and actions or use the template as is. After finishing all the template changes, click the Save button to create the new policy.

Policy templates accesible from Policy view, New policy button, the Use a template option

Define Filters

Release status

The risk factors on assets are taking the release status of the applied risk factor.

The Runtime discovered and Runtime last seen filters are taking the release status of the used runtime integration.

Each filter component requires you to specify an asset property. Navigate to the Filters capabilities page to view all available properties for asset policies.

The following video explains how to create a new policy:

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Each property contains different options for conditions and values:

Property	Conditions Values	Values
Application*	Is one of Is not one of	all available applications for which you have configured the application context in Snyk AppRisk.
Asset ID	is is not contains does not contain starts with ends with	[string]
Asset name	is is not contains does not contain starts with ends with	[string]
Asset type	Is one of Is not one of	Package Repository Scanned artifact
Attribute	is is not contains does not contain starts with ends with	[string]
Catalog name*	Is one of Is not one of	the list of names of your application context.
Category	Is one of Is not one of	the list of the available categories of a repository asset
Class	Is one of Is not one of	A, B, C, D
Coverage	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	Snyk Code, Container, IaC, Open Source
Coverage gap	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	Snyk Code, Container, IaC, Open Source
Developers	is is not contains does not contain starts with ends with	[string]
Discovered	Is within Is not within	Last 24 hours Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 12 months Year to date
Issue severity	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	Critical High Medium Low
Issue source	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	Snyk Code, Container, IaC, Open Source, Nightfall
Last seen	Is within Is not within	Last 24 hours Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 12 months Year to date
Lifecycle*	Is one of Is not one of	the available list of the lifecycle states of the application context component
Locked attributes	is one of is not one of	Class
Owner*	is one of is not one of	the list of teams owning the repository for which the application context was configured.
Risk factors	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	the list of available risk factors
Runtime discovered	Is within Is not within	Last 24 hours Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 12 months Year to date
Runtime last seen	Is within Is not within	Last 24 hours Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 12 months Year to date
SCM Repository freshness	is one of is not one of	Active Inactive Dormant
Source	is one of is not one of	azure-devops GitHub GitLab Snyk
Tags	containing one or more of containing all of not containing one or more of not containing all of	all available tags you previously created
Title*	is one of is not one of	the list with all the names of the component for which the application context was configured

*All filters marked with * are visible only to the users who configured the application context for their SCM integrations.

You can specify more than one filter component with an And or Or operator.

Snyk AppRisk - Create new policy

The following video explains the use of filters and the use of the And, Or operator.

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Set actions

After defining filter components, you need to define the actions that the policy has to perform on the filtered assets. Asset policies support the following actions:

• Send Email - Receive an email every time there are asset updates. You can choose between daily emails or scheduling the checks. You can include a link to the relevant assets. Each notification lists all impacted assets. You can view them individually or see the aggregated view by clicking Click Here. The list of assets displayed in the email notification is automatically generated.

• Send Slack Message - Receive a Slack notification every time there are asset updates. You need to add your Slack webhook URL, then you can choose between daily emails or scheduling the checks. You can include a link to the relevant assets. Each notification lists all impacted assets. You can view them individually or see the aggregated view by clicking Click Here. The list of assets displayed in the email notification is automatically generated.

• Set Asset Class - Sets the class on the matched assets. Removing the policy or turning in off does not retroactively change the asset class back to default.

• Set Asset Tag - Sets a tag on the matched assets. Removing the policy or turning in off will remove the tags of this policy from the relevant assets.

• Set Coverage Control Policy - Sets a control on filtered assets that checks whether selected security products are scanning assets, optionally within a given timeframe. Assets that fail this control will be marked accordingly on inventory pages. This control applies the OR logic across products.

Snyk AppRisk - Set a policy action

The editor supports multiple flows for the same policy. The flows can be independent or intersect.

Snyk AppRisk - Set multiple policy actions