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Creating and managing audits How viewing audit results works Option Delete SLA Definition Delete the Service Level Agreement How viewing audit results works McAfee Policy Auditor software offers a number of options for viewing audit results. Several options are available for viewing system and rule compliance.You can view audit results by clicking an audit from the Audits page. Results timeframe control The Results timeframe control allows you to view the results of an audit at any point in time since the audit first began. By default, the calendar is set to Today, which shows the results for current systems as defined by the frequency settings. A checkbox is available to show the last valid results if today's results are not current. Finally, the calendar control allows you to pick a date in the past and see the audit results for that date. Audit Benchmarks pane The Audit Benchmarks pane shows the status of each benchmark in the audit. You can view these columns in the pane: • Benchmark ID - Benchmark identifier. • Profile ID - Profile identifier, if any. • Pass - The number of benchmarks for which all systems passed the audit. • Fail - The number of benchmarks for which all systems failed the audit. • pass-expired - The results have expired but the last audit results evaluated to pass. • fail-expired - The results have expired but the last audit results evaluated to fail. • other-expired - The results have expired and the previous audit results evaluated to a condition other than pass or fail. You can click on the hyperlinked number in the columns to take you to the View System Results page. View System Results column Under the View Results column, clicking systems allows you to view the results for each system audited. This is an extension of the Audit Results pane that allows you to see the results at the system level. These columns appear in the Benchmark Systems pane: • Audit Date - The date of the audit being viewed. • Expiration Date - The expiration date, if any, of the audit. • Score - The audit score for the system. • System Group - The name of the group, if any, that the system belongs to. • System Name - The name of the system. • System Tags - Any tags associated with the system. • Rules Passed - The number of rules that passed the audit. • Rules Failed - The number of rules that failed the audit. 46 McAfee Policy Auditor 6.0 software Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6

Section	Page
Contents	3
Introducing McAfee Policy Auditor	8
Audience	8
Conventions	8
Finding product documentation	9
Getting started with McAfee Policy Auditor	10
Introduction to compliance audits	10
Auditing systems	11
What's new	11
Software components and what they do	12
Use of ePolicy Orchestrator software features	13
Managed systems vs. unmanaged systems	14
Configuring McAfee Policy Auditor	16
Server settings and what they control	16
Edit McAfee Policy Auditor server settings	18
How permission sets work	18
Default permission sets	19
Edit permission sets	21
Using the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in	22
The agent plug-in and how it works	22
Supported platforms	22
How content is managed	24
Install and uninstall the agent plug-in	24
Install the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in	24
Uninstall the agent plug-in	25
Send a manual wake-up call to a group of systems	25
Display the system tray icon on Windows systems	26
Configuring agentless audits	27
How McAfee Policy Auditor integrates with the McAfee Vulnerability Manager extension	27
Uniform system management	27
McAfee Vulnerability Manager extension integration with scannable systems	28
Asset Discovery scans	28
Data collection scans	28
The Maintain Foundstone Audits server task	28
The Data Import server task	29
Server support	29
Configure McAfee Vulnerability Manager and the ePolicy Orchestrator extension	29
Create a McAfee Vulnerability Manager workgroup	30
Configure the McAfee Vulnerability Manager single sign-on feature	30
Create a data source to synchronize McAfee Vulnerability Manager and ePolicy Orchestrator	31
Register a McAfee Vulnerability Manager database server with McAfee Policy Auditor	32
Manage McAfee Vulnerability Manager credential sets	33
Create an Asset Discovery scan	33
Create an MVM Data Import task	34
Add systems found by McAfee Vulnerability Manager scans to the System Tree	35
Create a Data Collection Scan	35
View McAfee Vulnerability Manager scan status	36
How to handle missing audit results	36
Troubleshoot missing audit results	37
How to handle mismatched McAfee Vulnerability Manager certificates	37
Troubleshoot mismatched McAfee Vulnerability Manager certificates	38
Creating and managing audits	39
Audits and how they work	39
Audit frequency	40
When audits are run	40
Per audit data maintenance	40
Benchmark profiles and their effect on audits	41
Considerations for including systems in an audit	41
Benchmark labels and how they are used	41
Findings	42
Agentless audits	42
Activate benchmarks	42
Create an audit	43
Run an audit manually	43
Disable an audit	44
Delete audits	44
Audit whiteout and blackout periods	44
Set whiteout and blackout periods	44
Service Level Agreements	45
Create, edit, and delete Service Level Agreements	45
How viewing audit results works	46
Exporting audits and audit results	47
Export audits	47
Scoring Audits	49
Default scoring model	49
Flat unweighted scoring model	50
Flat scoring model	50
Absolute scoring model	51
Changing the scoring model	51
Managing Audit Waivers	52
Types of waivers	52
Exception waivers	53
Exemption waivers	53
Suppression waivers	53
Waiver status	54
Filtering waivers by status	54
How start and expiration dates work	54
Examples of filtering waivers by date	54
Filtering waivers by date	55
Filtering waivers by group	55
How waiver requests and grants work	56
Requesting waivers	56
Granting waivers	57
Making waivers expire	57
Deleting waivers	57
File Integrity Monitoring and entitlement reporting	59
How file integrity monitoring works	59
File information monitored	60
File baselines	60
Monitored and excluded files	60
File versioning	61
File version comparison	62
Accept file integrity monitoring events	62
Purge file integrity monitoring events	62
Entitlement reporting	62
Create and apply a file integrity monitoring policy	63
Create a file integrity monitoring policy	63
Apply a policy to systems	65
Compare file versions	65
Accept file integrity monitoring events	66
Purge file integrity monitoring events	66
Create a new file integrity monitoring baseline	67
Query reports for file integrity monitoring	67
Rollup reporting	68
Rollup capabilities	68
Rollup reporting considerations	68
Rollup server tasks	69
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Benchmark Results	69
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Rule Result	70
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Patch Check Result	71
Rollup reports	71
Configure rollup reporting	72
Findings	74
How findings work	74
Types of violations	74
Violation limit	75
Other Findings enhancements	75
Hide or unhide Findings results	75
Dashboards and Queries	77
Policy Auditor default dashboards	77
PA: Compliance Summary dashboard	80
PA: MS Patch Status Summary dashboard	80
PA: Operations	80
PA: PCI Summary	81
Queries as dashboard monitors	82
Policy Auditor agent plug-in debug tool	83
Execute the agent plug-in debug tool	83
Display help	84
Run an audit	84
Run a benchmark	85
Run a check	85
Save debug information	86
Appendix A: Implementing the Security Content Automation Protocol	87
Statement of FDCC compliance	87
Statement of SCAP implementation	88
Statement of CVE implementation	88
Statement of CCE implementation	89
Statement of CPE implementation	89
Statement of CVSS implementation	90
Statement of XCCDF implementation	90
Statement of OVAL implementation	90
Appendix B: Common Criteria requirements	92

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Definition

Option

Delete the Service Level Agreement

Delete SLA

How viewing audit results works

McAfee Policy Auditor software offers a number of options for viewing audit results.

Several options are available for viewing system and rule compliance.You can view audit results

by clicking an audit from the Audits page.

Results timeframe control

The

Results timeframe

control allows you to view the results of an audit at any point in time

since the audit first began. By default, the calendar is set to

Today

, which shows the results for

current systems as defined by the frequency settings. A checkbox is available to show the last

valid results if today's results are not current. Finally, the calendar control allows you to pick a

date in the past and see the audit results for that date.

Audit Benchmarks pane

The

Audit Benchmarks

pane shows the status of each benchmark in the audit.You can view

these columns in the pane:

•

Benchmark ID

—

Benchmark identifier.

•

Profile ID

—

Profile identifier, if any.

•

Pass

—

The number of benchmarks for which all systems passed the audit.

•

Fail

—

The number of benchmarks for which all systems failed the audit.

•

pass-expired

—

The results have expired but the last audit results evaluated to

pass

•

fail-expired

—

The results have expired but the last audit results evaluated to

fail

•

other-expired

—

The results have expired and the previous audit results evaluated to a

condition other than

pass

fail

You can click on the hyperlinked number in the columns to take you to the View System Results

page.

View System Results column

Under the

View Results

column, clicking

systems

allows you to view the results for each

system audited.This is an extension of the Audit Results pane that allows you to see the results

at the system level. These columns appear in the Benchmark Systems pane:

•

Audit Date

—

The date of the audit being viewed.

•

Expiration Date

—

The expiration date, if any, of the audit.

•

Score

—

The audit score for the system.

•

System Group

—

The name of the group, if any, that the system belongs to.

•

System Name

—

The name of the system.

•

System Tags

—

Any tags associated with the system.

•

Rules Passed

—

The number of rules that passed the audit.

•

Rules Failed

—

The number of rules that failed the audit.

Creating and managing audits

How viewing audit results works

McAfee Policy Auditor 6.0 software Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6