Managing Exceptions

You must have an Administrator role to perform this action.

When creating an exception, you can specify that the exception needs approval before being applied to security check results, an endpoint, or a group of endpoints. This option gives you the flexibility to add an exception approval level to your change management workflow. By default, Secure Configuration Manager allows you to apply exceptions to security check results or endpoints immediately. For more information about establishing an approval process, see “Enabling Exception Approvals” in the User’s Guide to Secure Configuration Manager.

To review and delete exceptions, click Utilities > Exceptions.

To create and apply exceptions, see Excluding Data from Reports.

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

Review Exceptions

To review the current exceptions, select Utilities > Exceptions.

Secure Configuration Manager categorizes the exceptions according to their current status: approved, needs approval, and disapproved. For each exception, you can observe its purpose or reason for use, who created or last modified it, and the affected endpoints, groups, or security checks.