# Policies ### Policies A **policy** encompasses a comprehensive set of rules, procedures, checks, and processes designed to strengthen software infrastructure and mitigate the risk of supply chain attacks. Each policy outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviors, specifies required detectors, and details the impact based on risk scoring A software project currently under analysis has an assigned policy, which varies in strictness according to the organization's criteria. The policy in effect is downloaded at scan time or when raw activity data is received from Xygeni sensors. The Xygeni platform provides a default policy, tailored to cover a common assessment of the software supply chain security for most organizations. {% hint style="info" %} Read more about [Policies in Xygeni](/xygeni-administration/platform-administration/policies.md). {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.xygeni.io/introduction-to-xygeni/key-concepts/policies.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.