Automated Validation of Configuration and Compliance in Cloud Servers
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1. A method for automated validation of compliance in a cloud server, wherein the method comprises:
- remotely accessing a target cloud server to discover at least one configuration setting of the target cloud server, wherein said accessing comprises utilizing at least one set of executable scripts to discover the at least one configuration setting in the target cloud server, and wherein each set of executable scripts corresponds to one of a given operating system and a given set of software;
integrating the at least one configuration setting from the target cloud server with information from at least one back-end tool to produce compliance evidence; and
automatically answering a set of at least one checklist question for activation compliance validation of the target cloud server based on the compliance evidence;
wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device.
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A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for automated validation of compliance in a cloud server. The method includes remotely accessing a target cloud server to discover at least one configuration setting of the target cloud server, integrating the at least one configuration setting from the target cloud server with information from at least one back-end tool to produce compliance evidence, and automatically answering a set of at least one checklist question for activation compliance validation of the target cloud server based on the compliance evidence.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for automated validation of compliance in a cloud server, wherein the method comprises:
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remotely accessing a target cloud server to discover at least one configuration setting of the target cloud server, wherein said accessing comprises utilizing at least one set of executable scripts to discover the at least one configuration setting in the target cloud server, and wherein each set of executable scripts corresponds to one of a given operating system and a given set of software; integrating the at least one configuration setting from the target cloud server with information from at least one back-end tool to produce compliance evidence; and automatically answering a set of at least one checklist question for activation compliance validation of the target cloud server based on the compliance evidence; wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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5. (canceled)
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12. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising:
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remotely accessing a target cloud server to discover at least one configuration setting of the target cloud server, wherein said accessing comprises utilizing at least one set of executable scripts to discover the at least one configuration setting in the target cloud server, and wherein each set of executable scripts corresponds to one of a given operating system and a given set of software; integrating the at least one configuration setting from the target cloud server with information from at least one back-end tool to produce compliance evidence; and automatically answering a set of at least one checklist question for activation compliance validation of the target cloud server based on the compliance evidence. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. (canceled)
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19. A system for automated validation of compliance in a cloud server, comprising:
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at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative for; remotely accessing a target cloud server to discover at least one configuration setting of the target cloud server, wherein said accessing comprises utilizing at least one set of executable scripts to discover the at least one configuration setting in the target cloud server, and wherein each set of executable scripts corresponds to one of a given operating system and a given set of software; integrating the at least one configuration setting from the target cloud server with information from at least one back-end tool to produce compliance evidence; and automatically answering a set of at least one checklist question for activation compliance validation of the target cloud server based on the compliance evidence. - View Dependent Claims (20, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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