
Creating and Managing Audits
McAfee Policy Auditor 5.0 makes it easy to demonstrate and report on compliance with recognized
corporate and industry security standards. You can create your audits from a McAfee-supplied
selection of predefined benchmarks established by government and industry such as SOX,
HIPPAA, PCI, and FISMA. You can also customize your own audits, then determine which
managed systems pose a risk.
Are you creating or managing audits for the first time?
When creating and managing audits for the first time:
• Understand what audits are and how they work
• Understand the considerations for including and excluding systems in your audits
• Know how benchmark profiles work and how to choose a profile for your audit
• Learn how benchmark labels can help you create audits
• Understand audit frequency and how the McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in uses it to help
determine when to run an audit
• Understand whiteout and blackout periods and how the McAfee Policy Auditor Agent Plug-in
uses them to help determine when to run an audit
• Learn how to create a new audit and to edit an existing audit
• Understand how to export XCCDF and OVAL audit results
The Audits Tab
The Audits tab is a repository for all of your audits. You can view the Audits tab by going to
Systems | Audits. The Audits panel shows you the following information about each of your
audits:
DefinitionColumn
The human-readable name given to the auditAudit Name
A description of what the audit does and what operating
systems or software that it targets.
Description
Denotes how long the results are validfrequency
The creation date of the auditCreated On
The user who created the auditCreated By
The date when the audit was last modifiedLast Modified On
The user who last modified the auditLast Modified By
The Audits tab also contains buttons to help you manage your audits.
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