McAfee PASCDE-AB-IA - Policy Auditor For Servers User manual

McAfee Policy Auditor 6.0 software
Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6

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Contents
Introducing McAfee Policy Auditor.........................................................8
Audience.................................................................................8
Conventions..............................................................................8
Finding product documentation...............................................................9
Getting started with McAfee Policy Auditor ..............................................10
Introduction to compliance audits............................................................10
Auditing systems..........................................................................11
What's new..............................................................................11
Software components and what they do.......................................................12
Use of ePolicy Orchestrator software features..................................................13
Managed systems vs. unmanaged systems....................................................14
Configuring McAfee Policy Auditor........................................................16
Server settings and what they control.........................................................16
Edit McAfee Policy Auditor server settings.....................................................18
How permission sets work..................................................................18
Default permission sets....................................................................19
Edit permission sets.......................................................................21
Using the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in...........................................22
The agent plug-in and how it works...........................................................22
Supported platforms.......................................................................22
How content is managed...................................................................24
Install and uninstall the agent plug-in.........................................................24
Install the McAfee Policy Auditor agent plug-in..........................................24
Uninstall the agent plug-in...........................................................25
Send a manual wake-up call to a group of systems.......................................25
Display the system tray icon on Windows systems..............................................26
Configuring agentless audits..............................................................27
How McAfee Policy Auditor integrates with the McAfee Vulnerability Manager extension................27
Uniform system management........................................................27
McAfee Vulnerability Manager extension integration with scannable systems..................28
Asset Discovery scans..............................................................28
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Data collection scans...............................................................28
The Maintain Foundstone Audits server task............................................28
The Data Import server task.........................................................29
Server support....................................................................29
Configure McAfee Vulnerability Manager and the ePolicy Orchestrator extension.....................29
Create a McAfee Vulnerability Manager workgroup.......................................30
Configure the McAfeeVulnerability Manager single sign-on feature..........................30
Create a data source to synchronize McAfee Vulnerability Manager and ePolicy Orchestrator....31
Register a McAfee Vulnerability Manager database server with McAfee Policy Auditor..........32
Manage McAfee Vulnerability Manager credential sets....................................33
Create an Asset Discovery scan......................................................33
Create an MVM Data Import task.....................................................34
Add systems found by McAfee Vulnerability Manager scans to the System Tree...............35
Create a Data Collection Scan.......................................................35
View McAfee Vulnerability Manager scan status.........................................36
How to handle missing audit results..........................................................36
Troubleshoot missing audit results....................................................37
How to handle mismatched McAfee Vulnerability Manager certificates..............................37
Troubleshoot mismatched McAfee Vulnerability Manager certificates........................38
Creating and managing audits.............................................................39
Audits and how they work..................................................................39
Audit frequency....................................................................40
When audits are run................................................................40
Per audit data maintenance..........................................................40
Benchmark profiles and their effect on audits...........................................41
Considerations for including systems in an audit.........................................41
Benchmark labels and how they are used..............................................41
Findings..........................................................................42
Agentless audits...................................................................42
Activate benchmarks......................................................................42
Create an audit...........................................................................43
Run an audit manually.....................................................................43
Disable an audit..........................................................................44
Delete audits.............................................................................44
Audit whiteout and blackout periods..........................................................44
Set whiteout and blackout periods.....................................................44
Service Level Agreements..................................................................45
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Create, edit, and delete Service Level Agreements.......................................45
How viewing audit results works.............................................................46
Exporting audits and audit results............................................................47
Export audits.............................................................................47
Scoring Audits..............................................................................49
Default scoring model......................................................................49
Flat unweighted scoring model..............................................................50
Flat scoring model........................................................................50
Absolute scoring model....................................................................51
Changing the scoring model................................................................51
Managing Audit Waivers...................................................................52
Types of waivers..........................................................................52
Exception waivers..................................................................53
Exemption waivers.................................................................53
Suppression waivers...............................................................53
Waiver status............................................................................54
Filtering waivers by status...........................................................54
How start and expiration dates work..........................................................54
Examples of filtering waivers by date.........................................................54
Filtering waivers by date............................................................55
Filtering waivers by group..................................................................55
How waiver requests and grants work........................................................56
Requesting waivers................................................................56
Granting waivers...................................................................57
Making waivers expire.....................................................................57
Deleting waivers..........................................................................57
File Integrity Monitoring and entitlement reporting......................................59
How file integrity monitoring works...........................................................59
File information monitored...........................................................60
File baselines.....................................................................60
Monitored and excluded files.........................................................60
File versioning.....................................................................61
File version comparison.............................................................62
Accept file integrity monitoring events..................................................62
Purge file integrity monitoring events..................................................62
Entitlement reporting......................................................................62
Create and apply a file integrity monitoring policy...............................................63
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Create a file integrity monitoring policy.................................................63
Apply a policy to systems............................................................65
Compare file versions...............................................................65
Accept file integrity monitoring events..................................................66
Purge file integrity monitoring events..................................................66
Create a new file integrity monitoring baseline...........................................67
Query reports for file integrity monitoring......................................................67
Rollup reporting............................................................................68
Rollup capabilities.........................................................................68
Rollup reporting considerations..............................................................68
Rollup server tasks........................................................................69
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Benchmark Results.............................................69
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Rule Result ...................................................70
Rollup Data - PA: Audit Patch Check Result ............................................71
Rollup reports............................................................................71
Configure rollup reporting..................................................................72
Findings....................................................................................74
How findings work........................................................................74
Types of violations.................................................................74
Violation limit......................................................................75
Other Findings enhancements.......................................................75
Hide or unhide Findings results..............................................................75
Dashboards and Queries..................................................................77
Policy Auditor default dashboards............................................................77
PA: Compliance Summary dashboard.................................................80
PA: MS Patch Status Summary dashboard.............................................80
PA: Operations....................................................................80
PA: PCI Summary..................................................................81
Queries as dashboard monitors.............................................................82
Policy Auditor agent plug-in debug tool..................................................83
Execute the agent plug-in debug tool.........................................................83
Display help..............................................................................84
Run an audit.............................................................................84
Run a benchmark.........................................................................85
Run a check.............................................................................85
Save debug information....................................................................86
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Appendix A: Implementing the Security Content Automation Protocol.................87
Statement of FDCC compliance.............................................................87
Statement of SCAP implementation..........................................................88
Statement of CVE implementation...........................................................88
Statement of CCE implementation...........................................................89
Statement of CPE implementation...........................................................89
Statement of CVSS implementation..........................................................90
Statement of XCCDF implementation.........................................................90
Statement of OVAL implementation..........................................................90
Appendix B: Common Criteria requirements.............................................92
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Introducing McAfee Policy Auditor
McAfee®Policy Auditor version 6.0 automates the process required for system compliance
audits.It measures compliance by comparing the actual configuration of a system to the desired
state of a system.
To understand what the software does and how to use it, you must be familiar with these basics:
•What an audit is, when you should use it, and why you should use it.
•The supported deployment solutions based on the type(s) of systems you want to audit.
•The system classifications that determine which functional components can be used.
•The functional components you can use to audit systems.This includes leveraging the
software with McAfee Policy Auditor and other McAfee and third-party software.
•The functional components you can use to audit systems.This includes leveraging the
software with McAfee®Vulnerability Manager and other McAfee and third-party software.
This document introduces these concepts, successively builds your understanding, and provides
details about the use of each functional component. In addition, it helps you understand how
the software fits into the framework provided by McAfee®ePolicy Orchestrator®.
Contents
Audience
Conventions
Finding product documentation
Audience
McAfee documentation is carefully researched and written for the target audience.
The information in this guide is intended primarily for two audiences:
•Network administrators who are responsible for implementing and enforcing the policy for
protecting the company's intellectual property.
•Security officers who are responsible for determining sensitive and confidential data, and
defining the corporate policy that protects the company's intellectual property.
Conventions
This guide uses the following typographical conventions.
Title of a book, chapter, or topic; introduction of a new term; emphasis.Book title or Emphasis
Text that is strongly emphasized.Bold
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Commands and other text that the user types;the path of a folder or
program.
User input or Path
A code sample.
Code
Words in the user interface including options, menus, buttons, and dialog
boxes.
User interface
A live link to a topic or to a website.Hypertext blue
Additional information, like an alternate method of accessing an option.Note
Suggestions and recommendations.Tip
Valuable advice to protect your computer system, software installation,
network, business, or data.
Important/Caution
Critical advice to prevent bodily harm when using a hardware product.Warning
Finding product documentation
McAfee provides the information you need during each phase of product implementation, from
installing to using and troubleshooting.After a product is released, information about the product
is entered into the McAfee online KnowledgeBase.
1Go to the McAfee Technical Support ServicePortal at http://mysupport.mcafee.com.
2Under Self Service, access the type of information you need:
Do this...To access...
User Documentation 1Click Product Documentation.
2Select a Product, then select a Version.
3Select a product document.
KnowledgeBase •ClickSearch the KnowledgeBase foranswersto yourproduct questions.
•Click Browse the KnowledgeBase for articles listed by product and
version.
Introducing McAfee Policy Auditor
Finding product documentation
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Getting started with McAfee Policy Auditor
McAfee Policy Auditor is an extension to ePolicy Orchestrator software software versions 4.5
and 4.6 that automates the process for risk and compliance system audits. Audits can perform
tasks such as check system settings, including password length, open or closed ports, file
changes, and the presence of software updates.
Contents
Introduction to compliance audits
Auditing systems
What's new
Software components and what they do
Use of ePolicy Orchestrator software features
Managed systems vs.unmanaged systems
Introduction to compliance audits
Before using McAfee Policy Auditor, it is important to understand what audits are, when you
should use them, and why you should use them.
What are compliance audits?
A compliance audit is a comprehensive review of an organization's adherence to external
regulatory guidelines or internal best practices.McAfee Policy Auditor automates the compliance
audit process and allows you to demonstrate compliance to auditors by producing an audit trail
showing compliance, compliance history, and actions taken to mitigate risks.Organizations that
are out of compliance might be subject to fines or other sanctions, including criminal liability.
When should you use audits?
Use compliance audits when you are subject to government regulations that require your
organization to determine system compliance and maintain records.You should also use audits
to determine compliance with organizational requirements such as password complexity,
password length, the presence of unsupported software, and software patch requirements.
Why should you use audits?
McAfee Policy Auditor automates the process for mandated and organizational audits. Its
companion product, McAfee Benchmark Editor, contains built-in benchmarks that the software
can use for mandated audits, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Payment Card Industry
Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).The reporting system allows you to demonstrate compliance
to auditors while the Findings feature helps you to find solutions to audit issues.
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