{"id":4182,"date":"2026-06-08T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4182"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:00:23","slug":"importing-an-withsecure-policy-manager-host-policy-to-a-elements-endpoint-protection-profile-in-the-elements-security-center","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/importing-an-withsecure-policy-manager-host-policy-to-a-elements-endpoint-protection-profile-in-the-elements-security-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing an WithSecure Policy Manager host policy to a Elements Endpoint Protection profile in the Elements Security Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How can I import a Policy Manager host policy to a Elements Endpoint Protection profile in the Elements Security Center Portal?<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

You can follow the steps below to export the WithSecure Client Security host policy using the Policy Manager Console:<\/p>\n

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  1. Log in to the Policy Manager Console<\/li>\n
  2. Right-click the host in the Domain Tree<\/li>\n
  3. Select Export policy file\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note:\u00a0<\/b>Client Security\u00a0<\/b>13.x host policy cannot be imported to an Elements Endpoint Protection profile since it is in a .bpf format. The .json file format is required to be able to import the policy.<\/p>\n

    Import the Client Security host policy .json to an Elements Endpoint Protection profile:<\/p>\n

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    1. Log in to the Elements Security Center<\/li>\n
    2. Navigate to the Security configurations ><\/strong> Profiles\u00a0<\/b>page<\/li>\n
    3. Select the profile to which you want to import the host policy<\/li>\n
    4. Click on the three dots<\/li>\n
    5. Select\u00a0Import profile<\/b><\/li>\n
    6. Navigate to the .json file and click\u00a0Open<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Note:<\/b> if you receive an error "Cannot import the given profile because the format of the file is unknown", you have exported the profile incorrectly by selecting\u00a0Tools\u00a0<\/b>> Export policy settings<\/b>. The policy must be exported by right-clicking the host in the Domain Tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How to import a Policy Manager host policy to a Elements Endpoint Protection profile in the Elements Security Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-4182","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005661","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:00:23","import_hash":"3419fb09f8c9529fd5d8425ba7faa00646792d27","vanilla_article_id":32355,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/32355-importing-an-withsecure-policy-manager-host-policy-to-a-elements-endpoint-protection-profile-in-the-elements-security-center","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":102,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}