> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://syteca.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Policies page
> Explore security and compliance policies, review their health and assigned endpoints, and analyze the controls and risk factors used to evaluate endpoint security posture.
The **Policies** page displays all policies available in the system. Select a policy to view its details, associated controls, assigned endpoints, and related risk factors.
Policies are displayed to all users irrespective of their permissions. The policy state values (health, assigned endpoints, and active risk factors) depend on the user's [Viewing Monitoring Results Endpoint permission](/docs/administration/users/client-permissions).
## Policy List
The list of available policies is displayed in the left navigation pane and sorted alphabetically to make policies easy to locate.
To quickly find a policy, begin typing part of its name in the search box above the list. The list is filtered as you type and displays only matching policies.
Only one policy can be selected at a time. When you select a policy, all information displayed on the page is updated to show information for the selected policy.
## Policy Details
The **Policy Details** section provides information about the selected policy, including its purpose, current health, and the number of endpoints to which it is assigned.
| Control | Description |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Policy Name** | The name of the selected policy. |
| **Description** | A description of the policy and the requirements it evaluates. |
| **Policy Health** | The overall [health score](/docs/espm/endpoint-security-posture-and-health-score) of the policy across endpoints available to the current user. The value is displayed as a colored health indicator, health category letter, and percentage score. If the policy is not assigned to any endpoints available to the user, the value is displayed as **Unknown**. |
| **Assigned Endpoints** | The number of endpoints available to the current user that have the policy assigned either directly or through endpoint group assignment (see [Managing policies](/docs/espm/policies/managing-policies)). Clicking the value opens the Endpoints page filtered by the selected policy. |
To view more policy details, including its risk factors, click [Policy Details](/docs/espm/policies/policy-details).
## Controls
The **Controls** section provides an overview of the [controls](/docs/espm/about-policies#controls) represented by \[risk factors(/espm/about-risk-factors#risk-factors) included in the selected policy. Use this section to understand which security or compliance areas are evaluated by the policy and their current health status.
Controls are displayed as cards and sorted alphabetically by a control name. The color of each card reflects the control's current health.
Each control card contains the following information:
| Field | Description |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Control Name** | The name of the control. |
| **Description** | Click the **Info** icon to view the control description. |
| **Health** | The average [health score](/docs/espm/endpoint-security-posture-and-health-score) calculated for the control. The value is displayed as a colored indicator, a health category letter, and a percentage score. If the policy is not assigned to any endpoints available to the current user, the value is displayed as **Unknown**. |
| **Risk Factors Information** | Displays the number of active risk factors and the number of available affected endpoints in the format. |
### Viewing Control Details
Click a control card to open the **Risk Factors** tab on the **Policy Details** page filtered to display active risk factors that belong to the selected control.
## Related
Explore security and compliance policies, understand how risk factors, controls, and severity ratings contribute to policy health scores.
Analyze a policy's implementation and impact by reviewing its risk factors, assigned endpoints, and endpoint groups.
Assign and unassign policies for endpoints and endpoint groups to control which risk factors are evaluated during endpoint health assessments.
Review policy compliance across your environment, identify non-compliant endpoints and risk factors.