Audit Management System
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for managing an audit of one or more network layer devices, comprising:
- providing an audit management system accessible by a user via a graphical user interface;
acquiring network layer device information of said one or more network layer devices via said graphical user interface by said audit management system;
acquiring a configuration file comprising configuration file commands that define configuration of each of said one or more network layer devices, via said graphical user interface by said audit management system;
allowing one or more of creation and selection of one or more audit policies comprising one or more audit rules for said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system, wherein said one or more audit rules define functioning of said one or more network layer devices for one or more compliance policies;
executing said one or more audit policies for performing said audit of said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system; and
generating a report comprising information about security and compliance of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more compliance policies based on said execution of said one or more audit policies.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method and system for managing an audit of one or more network layer devices is provided. An audit management system accessible by a user via a graphical user interface acquires network layer device information of the network layer devices and a configuration file comprising configuration file commands. The audit management system allows creation and/or selection of one or more audit policies for the network layer devices. The audit policies comprise one or more audit rules that define functioning of the network layer devices for one or more compliance policies. The audit management system executes the audit policies for performing the audit of the network layer devices by comparing the configuration file commands of the configuration file with the audit rules of the audit policies, and generates a report comprising information about security and compliance of the network layer devices with the compliance policies based on the audit.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for managing an audit of one or more network layer devices, comprising:
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providing an audit management system accessible by a user via a graphical user interface; acquiring network layer device information of said one or more network layer devices via said graphical user interface by said audit management system; acquiring a configuration file comprising configuration file commands that define configuration of each of said one or more network layer devices, via said graphical user interface by said audit management system; allowing one or more of creation and selection of one or more audit policies comprising one or more audit rules for said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system, wherein said one or more audit rules define functioning of said one or more network layer devices for one or more compliance policies; executing said one or more audit policies for performing said audit of said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system; and generating a report comprising information about security and compliance of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more compliance policies based on said execution of said one or more audit policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer implemented system for managing an audit of one or more network layer devices, comprising:
an audit management system accessible to a user via a graphical user interface, wherein said audit management system comprises; a device information acquisition module that acquires network layer device information of said one or more network layer devices via said graphical user interface; a configuration file acquisition module that acquires a configuration file via said graphical user interface, wherein said configuration file comprises configuration file commands that define configuration of each of said one or more network layer devices; an audit policy creation module that allows one or more of creation and selection of one or more audit policies comprising one or more audit rules for said one or more network layer devices, wherein said one or more audit rules define functioning of said one or more network layer devices for one or more compliance policies; an audit policy execution module that executes said one or more audit policies for performing said audit of said one or more network layer devices; and a report generation module that generates a report comprising information about security and compliance of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more compliance policies based on said execution of said one or more audit policies. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein said computer program product comprises:
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a first computer program code for acquiring network layer device information of one or more network layer devices via a graphical user interface of an audit management system accessible by a user; a second computer program code for acquiring a configuration file comprising configuration file commands that define configuration of each of said one or more network layer devices, via said graphical user interface; a third computer program code for allowing one or more of creation and selection of one or more audit policies comprising one or more audit rules for said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system, wherein said one or more audit rules define functioning of said one or more network layer devices for one or more compliance policies, and wherein said one or more audit policies define an association of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more audit rules; a fourth computer program code for executing said one or more audit policies for performing said audit of said one or more network layer devices by said audit management system, wherein said execution of said one or more audit policies comprises comparing said configuration file commands of said configuration file with said one or more audit rules of said one or more audit policies for verifying security and compliance of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more compliance policies; and a fifth computer program code for generating a report comprising information about said security and said compliance of said one or more network layer devices with said one or more compliance policies based on said execution of said one or more audit policies.
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