METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a compliance server, change data associated with a change captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the change, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters;
determining, by the compliance server, whether the one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters meet one or more compliance policies; and
generating, by the compliance server, one or more test results based at least on the results of the determining.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles for receiving, by a compliance server, change data associated with a change captured on a target host, are described herein. In various embodiments, the target host may have provided the change data in response to detecting the change, and the change data may include one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters. Also, in various embodiments, the compliance server may determine whether the one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters meet one or more compliance policies and generate one or more test results based at least on the results of the determining. Further, in some embodiments, the target host may detect a change to a rule, setting, and/or parameter based on a collection policy defining what change data is to be collected by the target host and provide data associated with the rule, setting, and/or parameter as change data to the compliance server.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a compliance server, change data associated with a change captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the change, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters; determining, by the compliance server, whether the one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters meet one or more compliance policies; and generating, by the compliance server, one or more test results based at least on the results of the determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A compliance server comprising:
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a processor; a change database for storing change data associated with a change captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the change, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters; and logic communicatively coupled to the change database and to be operated by the processor to; receive the change data; store the change data in the change database; determine whether the one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters meet one or more compliance policies; and generate one or more test results based at least on the results of the determining. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a storage medium; and a plurality of programming instructions stored on the storage medium and configured to program a target host to; detect a change to a rule, setting, or parameter based on a collection policy defining what change data is to be collected by the target host; and provide data associated with the rule, setting, or parameter as change data to a compliance server, the compliance server to determine whether the rule, setting, and/or parameter meet one or more compliance policies. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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