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Creating a security policy

Create a security policy to assign to APIs or operations. You can select one or more authentication methods to define the policy.
    1On the Policies page, click Create Policy.
    2In the Name field, enter a name for the policy.
    The policy name can contain up to 128 characters, including ASCII letters, digits, Japanese characters, and the following special characters: $ ( )[ ] . ? `
    3From the Type list, select Authentication and then click Create.
    4Optionally, in the Description field, enter a description.
    The description can contain up to 1,024 characters.
    5In the Authentication area, select one or more authentication methods.
    6Click Create.
    The security policy appears on the Policies page, under Security Policies.