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.
- To run an evaluation job
- Hover over theStandards And Policiesmenu, and clickTechnical Standards.
- In theTechnical Standardsworkspace, right-click the standard that you want to evaluate and selectRun CCS standards Evaluation.
- On theSelect Assetsscreen of theCreate or Edit Evaluation Jobwizard, , type a name for the evaluation job that you want to create in theJob Namebox.
- In theDescriptionbox, type a description for the evaluation job and clickNext.
- Navigate through theAssets Systemfolder and its subfolders, and select one or more assets for which you want to set up a data collection.
- ClickAddto add the selected assets to the data collection job and clickNext.
- On theSchedule Jobscreen, select any one of the following:
- If you want to run the evaluation job after the wizard closes, selectRun Now.
- If you want to run the job at a specified interval, selectRun Periodicallyand enter the following information.In theStart Onbox, enter the start date and time to run the job.Under theRun periodicallyoptions, if you want to run the job only one time, selectRun Once. If you want to run the job after specific days, select the number of days in theRun every Daylist box. ClickNext.
You must set a password using theAdmin>Scheduled Job Credentialspage. If you fail to set the password, a warning message appears when you schedule the job. You can clickOKin the message box and specify the scheduling details. However, you must set the password before the scheduled time for running the job. - After this step, you can configure automatic remediation.If you do not want to configure remediation, you can skip theRemediation Ticketingscreen underAdvanced Settingsand clickNextto display theResult Viewersscreen.For a detailed procedure of configuring, To remediate the assets automatically
- On theResult Viewersscreen, 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.
- On theNotification Detailsscreen, enter the job completion notification details in theJob Success Notificationsection. Enter the job failure notification details on theJob Failure Notificationsection. Both the section contain the same options. EnableSend notification, enter the following information and then clickNext:
- Enter the subject and message of the notification mail.
- Enter the sender and the receiver email ID.Notification can be sent to multiple recipients.
- On theJob Summaryscreen, review the information that you have entered. ClickBackto make any changes, else clickNext.
- ClickFinishto exit the wizard.To monitor the current status of the job, go to theJobsworkspace.
- To remediate the assets automatically
- On theRemediation Ticketingscreen, enable theEnable Automatic Remediation Ticketingoption to configure the automatic remediation details.Select the asset types that correspond to the assets that were evaluated and clickNext.
- ClickNext.
- In theSelect Ticket Typesection, select one of the followingRemediation Ticket Types:
- Email notificationThis option lets you create an email notification that you want to send for notification.
- Service Desk open-loop remediation
- Service Desk closed-loop remediationThis action opens a ServiceDesk ticket request directly at the end of the evaluation results for the non-compliant assets.You can choose theEnable closed-loop verificationoption. 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 enableConsolidate multiple assets in a single ticket/email, a single notification is sent that includes all the non-compliant assets.You can enableMake this the default Email Notification templateif you want to use the same message for all the ServiceDesk ticket requests.
- 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 theSelect Ticket Typesection.
- If you choose to create a ServiceDesk ticket as a remediation action, specify the message that you want to send as a ServiceDesk request.
- In theSelect Asset Typessection, select the check boxes for the assets that you want to include in the remediation ticket.
- In theSelect Ticketing Criteriasection, specify the combination ofRisk ScoreandCompliance Scorethat you want to use to identify the assets for remediation.You can selectApply to all standardsif you want to apply the specified remediation criteria to all the standards for remediation.If you do not selectApply to all standards, you must specify the remediation ticketing criteria for each standard.
- Proceed with the Create or Edit Evaluation Job Wizard till the Summary panel.