IBM Tivoli and Cisco Security Compliance Manager and NAC compliance subsystem, Cisco Trust Agent

Security Compliance Manager and NAC compliance subsystem

Figure A-3shows the compliance subsystem and data flow between the subcomponents that can help during problem determination and also provides insight to better understand the interactions between the modules.

Cisco Trust Agent

Process

Posture

Request

Process

Posture

Notification

Query

Posture

Status

Change

SCM Agent Collector Scheduler

SCM PlugIn.dll

Called by Cisco Trust Agent, Socket communication with SCM Policy Collector

Posture Collector A		SCM Policy Collector (SPC)
Posture Collector B	Posture	Socket Communication
	Data	Cisco Trust Agent Posture Query Handler
Posture Collector C	Cache
Posture Collector D		Posture Cache Handler
		Posture Collector Handler
		Remediation Handler

TCM Web Gateway

Figure A-3 The compliance subsystem

446Building a Network Access Control Solution with IBM Tivoli and Cisco Systems