Audit-On-Connect

What is Audit-on-Connect?

Audit-on-Connect is an optional feature of SecurityExpressions Audit & Compliance Server that is sold separately. It enables you to audit systems as they connect to the network rather than on a fixed schedule. This allows you to audit systems that might not be regularly or predictably connected to the network such as field-user laptops. This also allows for systems that are missed in a scheduled audit to be automatically picked up the next time they connect.

Use the following pages to configure Audit-on-Connect:

Policies

Scopes

Notifications

Exceptions

Connection Monitors

Network

Audit on Connect Tracing

Policies

Policies Page

When you create a new policy, you assign a name and a policy file (.sif) to the policy. Note that policies differ from policy files: a policy contains a designated policy file.

From the Policies page you create policies to define the audits. You also edit or delete existing policies. If performing an Audit-on-Connect audit, you also set the run-time variables on the Policies page.

Policies are saved to the database. If more than one person is editing the same policy at the same time, the version saved last is the only version that will be stored.

Note that you can associate one or more policy files with specific conditions and the scope.

The Policies table displays available policies for the audits and policy configurations.

Policies Table

The Policies table displays available policies for the audits and policy configurations. The Policies table consists of the following columns:

Column

Description

 

 

Active

If Yes, then apply the policy. If the policy is active, within

 

that Scope, the policy will be applied.

 

If No, the policy is not applied but will not be deleted.

Edit

Make changes to this policy entry in the table.

Delete

Remove this entry from the table.

Name

Policy name as it is listed for selection when creating a

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