14.1 Viewing Secure Configuration Manager Events and Compliance Details

To view the compliance details, search for Secure Configuration Manager events by using the appropriate query, for example, (sev:[0 TO 5]) AND pn:(Secure OR Configuration OR Manager), then click the View compliance details icon associated with the event. For more information about searching events in Sentinel, see Searching Events.

Compliance details provide information about compliance to configuration policies of various assets in your IT environment based on rules configured in the Secure Configuration Manager. Compliance details also provide information about the risk to the organization because of the non-compliance of the assets and the validation results of security checks in the policies.The compliance details can be based on assets, policy, or both assets and policy. The compliance details provides information about the following:

  • Introduction: This section provides information about the assets, user accounts, policy, and the timestamp when the compliance was checked.

  • Risk Analysis: This section displays charts representing the risks involved based on the compliance status of the assets and the importance of the asset in the organization.

  • Security Check Details: This section displays the validation results for security checks in the policies.

For more information about understanding compliance details, see Understanding Report Results in the NetIQ Secure Configuration manager User Guide.