A security policy controls the security settings for a document based on the document's state in the object store. A valid security policy consists of one or more security templates. Templates define the security for a document class based on the document's version state. The security policy can assign a different security template to the document for each version state: Released, In Process, Reservation, and Superseded. As the document is checked out and in, or promoted or demoted from one version to another, the security policy determines how the security of the document automatically changes. For more information on document versioning and version states, see Manage document versions. For more information, see Use a security policy.
You can assign a security policy to a document from any page on which you can view and set security. Likewise, you can unassign (remove) a security policy from a document in a similar way. You can assign or unassign a security policy to multiple documents at the same time from anywhere that multiselect is available (for example, from list mode, favorites, and search results).
To assign a security policy: