About Policy Services

Each scanner service in an InterScan Messaging Security Appliance (IMSA) group will connect to an IMSA policy service.

The policy service stores an in-memory copy of the IMSA policy settings to improve system efficiency. The scanner services can then access this copy of the IMSA policy settings quickly, without  having to query the database every time the scanner checks messages against the policy rules.

To start or stop policy services, go to the System Summary screen.