Method and system for auditing an enterprise configuration
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1. A method for auditing a configuration of an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
- collecting information relating to a configuration of the enterprise;
analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and
providing a result of the analysis.
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Abstract
A method is provided for auditing the configuration of an enterprise comprising the steps of: collecting information relating to the configuration of the enterprise, analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and providing the result of the analysis in the form of reports, and other results of the analyses.
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1. A method for auditing a configuration of an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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collecting information relating to a configuration of the enterprise;
analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and
providing a result of the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for auditing configuration of a plurality of field platforms or nodes in an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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collecting information relating to configurations of a plurality of field platforms or nodes;
creating a plurality of analyzers based on expert knowledge, each analyzer representing one or more issues with one of the plurality of field platforms or nodes;
applying the plurality of analyzers to the configuration information to determine whether the issues exists with the plurality of field platforms or nodes;
storing the issues identified with the plurality of field platforms or nodes;
creating a plurality of rules based on expert information, each rule representing an issue with the enterprise;
applying the plurality of rules to the issues stored that exist with respect to the field platforms or nodes;
providing a result of the analysis representing issues within the enterprise. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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12. A computer-implemented method for auditing automatically a configuration of at least one source within an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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collecting variably formatted configuration information from at least one source, analyzing the configuration information using analyzers whose designs are based upon expert knowledge to identify the presence or absence of one or more issues associated with the at least one source; and
providing as a result of the analysis information defining the presence or absence of the one or more issues in a standard format.
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18. A system for auditing a configuration of a plurality of sources within an enterprise, the sources including a plurality of combinations of hardware, software and operating systems, the system comprising:
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a plurality of collectors for collecting configuration information from each of the plurality of sources, the configuration information including a plurality of combinations of data formats, data syntax, and data elements structure;
a component for analyzing the configuration information for each source of the plurality of sources to identify one or more issues associated with each source; and
a component for standardizing the configuration information.
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22. An automated framework comprising:
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a first component for collecting configuration information relating to a plurality of sources;
a second component for analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge to identify an issue associated within each source of the plurality of sources; and
a third component for providing results of the analysis of each source. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23)
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