.Note: This report is only available when the compliance module is enabled for your subscription and you have compliance management privileges.
The Individual Host Compliance Report identifies the compliance status for a particular host. Each control from the policy that is applicable to the host is listed with a pass or fail status. Since this is an interactive report, you can modify the report source options to change the report output in real-time. Note that interactive reports are not saved to Report Share.
Select your report source options.
Policy. Select the policy you want to report on.
Asset Group. (Available to Managers and Auditors only). Select an asset group relevant to the policy. Your selection filters the list of IP addresses that are available to choose from.
IP Address. Click the Select link to select a host (IP
address) to report on. The Select IPs/Ranges
pop-up appears. Identify the host you want to report on, click the radio
button next to the host, and then click Add.
To remove the host, click .
Display. Specify whether you want to show controls that passed for the host, failed for the host or both.
Sort By. Specify how you want to sort the report results. Your options are: Order (the order of the controls in the policy), Control, Category, Posture and Exception (status).
Click Run to generate your interactive report. The report appears in the same window. Change the report source options at any time to update the results in real-time. For example, change the IP address you want to report on or change the display option.
Click Cancel to close the report.
Note: To maximize the space available for your report results, the report setup pane (with report source options) is automatically hidden. You can also hide the preview pane. To do so, go to the View menu and clear the Preview Pane option. To show the hidden panes, go to the View menu and select the Setup Pane and Preview Pane options.
This section provides a report summary with specified report source options and the number of controls in and out of compliance for the selected host. You can change the report source options at any time at the top of your report to change the results.
The selected host is shown with the following information.
field |
Description |
IP Address |
The IP address for the host. |
DNS Name |
The registered DNS hostname. |
NetBIOS Name |
The Microsoft Windows NetBIOS name for the host. |
OS |
The operating system detected on the host. |
OS CPE |
The OS CPE name assigned to the operating system detected on the host. (The OS CPE name appears only when the OS CPE feature is enabled for the subscription, and an authenticated scan was run on this host after enabling this feature.) |
Owner |
The user who has been assigned ownership for this host. |
Host Attributes |
There are three user-defined host attribute fields for providing additional host information. Initially, host attribute names are Location, Function and Asset Tag. Managers in the subscription may have changed these attribute names. |
Each control from the policy that is applicable to the host is listed with the following information.
column |
Description |
Order |
The section/sub-section number for the control in the policy. |
CID |
The control ID. |
Control |
The control statement. If the compliance information applies to a technology version, like an Oracle version, the instance information appears in this format: (Oracle technology version:SID:port). For example: (oracle10:ora102030p:1521).
|
Category |
The category that the control is assigned to. |
Posture |
The status for the control on the host. Passed indicates that the expected value defined in the policy for the control matches the actual value returned during the last compliance scan on the host. Failed indicates that the expected value defined in the policy for the control does not match the actual value returned during the last compliance scan on the host. PassedE indicates that the host is exempt from the control. This means that an exception was requested and accepted for the control on the host. |
Exception |
Applicable to hosts with a Failed status. The exception status appears. If an exception does not exist, click the Create link to request a new exception for the control on the host. Assign the new exception to a user for approval and add comments explaining your request. For exceptions with a Pending, Accepted or Rejected status, click the exception status link to edit the exception. Depending on your user role permissions, you may be allowed to change the exception status, reassign the exception to another user and add comments to the exception details. For exceptions with an Expired status, click the exception status to view the exception information and history. |
Click on any row in the Results list to see specific scan results for the control on the host. The expected value is the value defined in the compliance policy. The actual value is the value returned during the last compliance scan on the host. By comparing the expected value to the actual value, you can easily determine why the control passed or failed for the host.
See Control Values for information on the types of control values that may appear in your report, including integer values, regular expressions, and Windows permissions.
If an error occurs for a user-defined custom control, then a description of the error appears in the Actual field. For example, you might see "Error Code 2: Item not found" if the registry key that the control needs to check does not exist.
You can request an exception for a single control or for multiple controls with a Failed status.
To request an exception for a single control, select the Request link in the Exception column. To request an exception for multiple controls, select the check box next to each control to include in the action, and then select the Request Exception button.
In the pop-up that appears, assign the exception to a user for approval and provide notes explaining your request in the Comments field. Then click the Request button. The report reloads and the Exception column shows the status "Pending".
The following options are available from the File menu:
Print. Click to print your report. Your printed report will appear as it does online, meaning that expanded sections will appear expanded and collapsed sections will appear collapsed.
Download. Click to download your report in one of these formats: PDF, HTML pages (ZIP), MHT, XML, or CSV. See Report Formats for more information. The report is downloaded to your system. Interactive reports are not saved to Report Share.
The following options are available from the View menu:
Setup Pane. Click to hide/show the Setup Pane. The Setup Pane appears above your report results. This is where you set and modify report source options.
Preview Pane. Click to hide/show the Preview Pane. The Preview Pane appears below your report results. Click on any row in the results to see additional information in the Preview Pane.
appears
next to the control statement if the control has been deprecated.
A workflow is provided in the Policy Editor for replacing deprecated
controls.