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# Use Azure Policy to secure your Nexus resources
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In this article, you'll learn how to use Azure Policy to secure and validate the compliance status of your Nexus resources.
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In this article, you can learn how to use Azure Policy to secure and validate the compliance status of your Nexus resources.
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## Before you begin
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##### Understanding Policy Definitions and Assignments
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-**Policy Definitions**: These are the rules that your resources need to comply with. They can be built-in or custom.
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-**Policy Definitions**: The rules that your resources need to comply with. They can be built-in or custom.
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-**Assignments**: The process of applying a policy definition to your resources.
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##### Steps for security enforcement
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1.**Explore built-in policies**: Review built-in policies relevant to Nexus Bare Metal Machine (BMM) resources.
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1.**Explore built-in policies**: Review built-in policies relevant to Nexus Bare Metal Machine (BMM) and Compute Cluster resources.
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2.**Customize policies**: Customize policies to address specific needs of your resources.
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3.**Policy assignment**: Assign policies through the Azure portal, ensuring correct scope.
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4.**Monitoring and compliance**: Regularly monitor policy compliance using Azure tools.
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## Use Azure Policy to secure your Nexus BMM resources
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The Operator Nexus service offers a built-in policy definition that is recommended to be assigned to your Nexus BMM resources. This policy definition is called **[Preview]: Nexus compute machines should meet security baseline**. This policy definition is used to ensure that your Nexus BMM resources are configured with industry best practice security settings.
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The Operator Nexus service offers a built-in policy definition that is recommended to assign to your Nexus BMM resources. This policy definition is called **[Preview]: Nexus compute machines should meet security baseline**. This policy definition is used to ensure that your Nexus BMM resources are configured with industry best practice security settings.
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-[[Preview]: Nexus compute machines should meet security baseline](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/PolicyDetailBlade/definitionId/%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.Authorization%2FpolicyDefinitions%2Fec2c1bce-5ad3-4b07-bb4f-e041410cd8db)
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## Use Azure Policy to secure your Nexus Kubernetes cluster
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## Use Azure Policy to secure your Nexus Kubernetes Compute Cluster resources
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Operator Nexus Arc-connected Nexus Kubernetes do not yet have built-in policy definitions available. However, you can create custom policy definitions to meet your organization's security and compliance requirements or utilize built-in policy definitions for AKS clusters.
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The Operator Nexus service offers a built-in initiative definition that is recommended to assign to your Nexus Kubernetes Compute Cluster resources. This initiative definition is called **[Preview]: Nexus compute cluster should meet security baseline**. This initiative definition is used to ensure that your Nexus Kubernetes Compute Cluster resources are configured with industry best practice security settings.
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-[Understand Azure Policy for Kubernetes clusters](../governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes.md)
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-[Azure Policy Built-in definitions for AKS](/azure/aks/policy-reference)
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-[[Preview]: Nexus compute cluster should meet security baseline](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Azure_Policy/InitiativeDetail.ReactView/id/%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.Authorization%2FpolicySetDefinitions%2F336cb876-5cb8-4795-b9d1-bd9323d3487e)
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### Customizing Policies for Nexus Kubernetes cluster
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### Customizing Policies
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- Customize policies considering the unique aspects of Nexus Kubernetes clusters, such as network configurations and container security.
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- Customize policies considering the unique aspects of the specific resources.
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- Refer to [Custom policy definitions](../governance/policy/tutorials/create-custom-policy-definition.md) for guidance.
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## Apply and validate Policies for Nexus resources
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Whether you are securing Nexus BMM resources or Nexus Kubernetes clusters, the process of applying and validating policies is similar. Here's a generalized approach:
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Whether you're securing Nexus BMM resources or Nexus Kubernetes Compute Clusters, the process of applying and validating policies is similar. Here's a generalized approach:
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1.**Identify Suitable Policies**:
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- For Nexus Bare Metal Machine resources, consider the recommended **[Preview]: Nexus compute machines should meet security baseline** policy.
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- For Nexus Kubernetes clusters, explore [built-in AKS policies](/azure/aks/policy-reference) or create custom policy definitions to meet specific security and compliance needs.
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- Review [Azure Policy Built-in definitions](../governance/policy/samples/built-in-policies.md) and [Azure Policy for Kubernetes clusters](../governance/policy/concepts/policy-for-kubernetes.md) for more insights.
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- For Nexus Kubernetes Compute Clusters, consider the recommended **[Preview]: Nexus compute cluster should meet security baseline** initiative.
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