# Policy Inheritance and Customization

### If you create a new security policy, it will inherit dope.swg’s Base Policy. You can adapt a policy to your individual user needs. And you can undo any policy changes by just reverting back to the dope.swg Base Policy. It's simple. It’s safe.

## Inheritance

Any new policy you create will inherit the entire base policy. An “Inherits Base” tag is visible in all the policy screens to highlight this.

![Dope Categories with the “Inherits Base” tag](/files/JUtk9khB7z8qYwu7sCM6)

![Cloud Application Control with the “Inherits Base” tag](/files/xEq9Cq9RkTlN64JleKZC)

For a policy that inherits from base, you can jump back to the base policy by hovering over the “Inherits Base” tag <img src="/files/aHS0tZS59dZ4oaQ6Xf9M" alt="" data-size="line">. This will change to a “Go to Base Policy” tag <img src="/files/pnloY9WKBWJGlk79xLAe" alt="" data-size="line"> when hovering. If you choose to select, you will be taken to the same policy section of the Base Policy.

{% hint style="info" %}
A policy that inherits from Base Policy will be automatically updated when an update is made to the Base Policy.
{% endhint %}

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## Customization

A policy section will become customized once any edits are made to that section.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Once a policy section is customized, any edits made within the policy section will only affect that policy.
{% endhint %}

A policy has the following sections:

* Dope Categories (includes Custom Categories)
* Cloud Application Control
* Bypass
  * Domain Bypass
  * Application Bypass

### Dope Categories Customization

Any of the following edits will result in the section becoming Customized:

* Restriction level change for parent category, subcategory, and custom category
* New policy exceptions
* Updates to the block, security risk, and warning page assignments

### Cloud Application Control

Any of the following edits will result in the section becoming Customized:

* Addition of a new domain, sub domain, tenant ID, or account ID to any application
* Enabling a Cloud Application not already enabled
* Disabling a Cloud Application already enabled

### Domain Bypass

Any of the following edits will result in the section becoming Customized:

* Addition or deletion of a domain

### Application Bypass

Any of the following edits will result in the section becoming Customized:

* Addition or deletion of an application

{% hint style="info" %}
For a customized policy section you can revert it back to Base Policy by simply hovering over the “Customized” tag <img src="/files/5tFlHmXJObQSdNByih6U" alt="" data-size="line">. This will change to a “Reset Policy” tag <img src="/files/EeZWpqpI8V7h7VtYizf8" alt="" data-size="line"> when hovering. Selecting the Arrow icon will revert the policy section back to the Base configuration.
{% endhint %}


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