What type of rule relates to policy/violation management?

The type of rule that is associated with policy and violation management is the one focusing on policies specifically designed to define compliance standards and assess user access against these standards. In SailPoint IdentityIQ, policies are critical for ensuring that user access aligns with organizational security guidelines and compliance mandates.

Policies within IdentityIQ can help to identify violations, which are situations where user access does not adhere to the established rules set by the organization. For example, if a user has access that violates a segregation of duties policy, the system can generate alerts or take action based on the rules defined in the policy. This framework allows organizations to proactively manage risk by monitoring and enforcing compliance with access requirements.

The other options refer to different functionalities within the SailPoint environment. For instance, target creation involves setting up new resources in IdentityIQ, target refresh pertains to updating identity and access data from external systems, while scope correlation relates to defining and managing the relationships between various identity data entities. These aspects are essential as well but do not directly focus on policy and violation management.