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Selecting benchmarks
Deleting Audits
Selecting benchmarks
Use this task to select one or more benchmarks for use in an audit. If a benchmark has profiles,
you can choose to use one of the profiles in the audit or simply use the base benchmark.
Before you begin
You must have appropriate permissions to perform this task.
Only benchmarks activated by Benchmark Editor are available for selection. For many users,
McAfee-supplied benchmarks can be used as is. Users with special needs can tailor
McAfee-supplied benchmarks and edit third-party benchmarks.
NOTE: To activate benchmarks, go to Systems | Benchmarks, select one or more benchmarks,
and click activate.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1 Go to Systems | Audits. The Audits tab appears.
2 Click New Audit. The Select Benchmarks page of the New Audit Builder appears.
3 Click the Label drop-down box and select a label that matches the type of audit that you
wish to create. For example, select the FISMA label and all benchmarks related to FISMA
will appear in the activated Benchmarks section.
4 In the activated Benchmarks section, scroll through the filtered benchmarks and select
one or more benchmarks that you wish to appear in your audit. Click Add Benchmark.
5 In the Selected Benchmarks section, click select profile to choose the profile that you
wish to use in your audit. Note that some benchmarks do not have any profiles.
6 If you decide that you do not wish to use one or more of the benchmarks in the Selected
Benchmarks section, click remove.
7 Click Next. The Select Systems page appears.
Selecting systems
Use this task to select which managed systems you want to audit.
Before you begin
You must have appropriate permissions to perform this task.
Task
For option definitions, click ? on the page displaying the options.
1 Select a method to add systems to the audit.
a Select System Tree and Tags and click one or more of Add System, Add Group,
or Add Tab to add systems to the audit.
Creating and Managing Audits
Creating a new audit
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