Running an evaluation job

You can set up an evaluation job from the standards management view to evaluate assets against specific standards. Before you set up an evaluation job, you must configure data collectors based on the data collection model that you choose.
  1. To run an evaluation job
  2. Hover over the
    Standards And Policies
    menu, and click
    Technical Standards
    .
  3. In the
    Technical Standards
    workspace, right-click the standard that you want to evaluate and select
    Run CCS standards Evaluation
    .
  4. On the
    Select Assets
    screen of the
    Create or Edit Evaluation Job
    wizard, , type a name for the evaluation job that you want to create in the
    Job Name
    box.
  5. In the
    Description
    box, type a description for the evaluation job and click
    Next
    .
  6. Navigate through the
    Assets System
    folder and its subfolders, and select one or more assets for which you want to set up a data collection.
  7. Click
    Add
    to add the selected assets to the data collection job and click
    Next
    .
  8. On the
    Schedule Job
    screen, select any one of the following:
    • If you want to run the evaluation job after the wizard closes, select
      Run Now
      .
    • If you want to run the job at a specified interval, select
      Run Periodically
      and enter the following information.
      In the
      Start On
      box, enter the start date and time to run the job.
      Under the
      Run periodically
      options, if you want to run the job only one time, select
      Run Once
      . If you want to run the job after specific days, select the number of days in the
      Run every Day
      list box. Click
      Next
      .
    You must set a password using the
    Admin
    >
    Scheduled Job Credentials
    page. If you fail to set the password, a warning message appears when you schedule the job. You can click
    OK
    in the message box and specify the scheduling details. However, you must set the password before the scheduled time for running the job.
  9. After this step, you can configure automatic remediation.
    If you do not want to configure remediation, you can skip the
    Remediation Ticketing
    screen under
    Advanced Settings
    and click
    Next
    to display the
    Result Viewers
    screen.
    For a detailed procedure of configuring, To remediate the assets automatically
  10. On the
    Result Viewers
    screen, add the users or the groups that have the permissions to view the evaluation results and reports.
    It is recommended to add the groups as the result viewers.
  11. On the
    Notification Details
    screen, enter the job completion notification details in the
    Job Success Notification
    section. Enter the job failure notification details on the
    Job Failure Notification
    section. Both the section contain the same options. Enable
    Send notification
    , enter the following information and then click
    Next
    :
    • Enter the subject and message of the notification mail.
    • Enter the sender and the receiver email ID.
      Notification can be sent to multiple recipients.
  12. On the
    Job Summary
    screen, review the information that you have entered. Click
    Back
    to make any changes, else click
    Next
    .
  13. Click
    Finish
    to exit the wizard.
    To monitor the current status of the job, go to the
    Jobs
    workspace.
  14. To remediate the assets automatically
  15. On the
    Remediation Ticketing
    screen, enable the
    Enable Automatic Remediation Ticketing
    option to configure the automatic remediation details.
    Select the asset types that correspond to the assets that were evaluated and click
    Next
    .
  16. Click
    Next
    .
  17. In the
    Select Ticket Type
    section, select one of the following
    Remediation Ticket Type
    s:
    • Email notification
      This option lets you create an email notification that you want to send for notification.
    • Service Desk open-loop remediation
    • Service Desk closed-loop remediation
      This action opens a ServiceDesk ticket request directly at the end of the evaluation results for the non-compliant assets.
      You can choose the
      Enable closed-loop verification
      option. With the closed-loop verification, the non-compliant assets data is re-evaluated after the ServiceDesk request is met.
    • ServiceNow closed-loop remediation
    • If you enable
      Consolidate multiple assets in a single ticket/email
      , a single notification is sent that includes all the non-compliant assets.
      You can enable
      Make this the default Email Notification template
      if you want to use the same message for all the ServiceDesk ticket requests.
  18. If you choose to send an email notification as a remediation action, specify the message that you want to send as an email notification in the
    Select Ticket Type
    section.
  19. If you choose to create a ServiceDesk ticket as a remediation action, specify the message that you want to send as a ServiceDesk request.
  20. In the
    Select Asset Types
    section, select the check boxes for the assets that you want to include in the remediation ticket.
  21. In the
    Select Ticketing Criteria
    section, specify the combination of
    Risk Score
    and
    Compliance Score
    that you want to use to identify the assets for remediation.
    You can select
    Apply to all standards
    if you want to apply the specified remediation criteria to all the standards for remediation.
    If you do not select
    Apply to all standards
    , you must specify the remediation ticketing criteria for each standard.
  22. Proceed with the Create or Edit Evaluation Job Wizard till the Summary panel.