Viewing Details of a Security Check

Select Assess > Security Checks > selected security check

Each security check includes the following properties:

Category

Specifies the type of information that the security check gathers based on the endpoint type, such as SQL Server or IIS. The following are examples of categories:

Audit/Auth Analysis
Data/Databases
Files/Directories
GPO
Internet/Network
Software/Apps
System
User/Groups

When you edit or create a custom security check in the Windows console, you can specify one of the available categories, create a new category, or leave the security check uncategorized.

Description

Provides specific information about how the security check functions.

Explanation

Describes the concept behind the security check to help you understand why you should run the security check and how the checked parameter or feature fits into the overall security scheme.

Risks

Describes the risks that you face by not mitigating the issues that the security check verifies.

Remedies

Help you solve the risks to bring non-compliant endpoints into compliance with the selected security check.

To filter the list of available security checks, use the Search function and the pull-down menu. For more information, see Search Query Criteria.

To modify or import a security check, use the Windows console.

For more information about this software product, see the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager documentation.