Policies determine how SecureCloud responds to encryption key requests from agents. Policies are essentially groupings of rules that reflect an organization's security practices and network configuration.

SecureCloud administrators can define company-specific policies. SecureCloud applies the Default Policy to new machines and devices if the administrator has not yet assigned them to another policy.

Integrity checking is an option that administrators can enable in a policy. If enabled, administrators can perform on-demand integrity checks, or schedule integrity checks to occur at specific time intervals. Integrity checks test a machine's compliance with the assigned policy. The policy determines how SecureCloud responds if the machine or its devices are no longer compliant with the policy.