Monitoring policy compliance

Create a dashboard item that shows policy compliance pass rates and policy risk score for selected assets, policies, and policies groups.

Procedure

  1. Click the Dashboard tab.
  2. On the toolbar, click New Dashboard.
  3. Type a name and description for your policy compliance dashboard.
  4. Click OK.
  5. On the toolbar, select Add Item > Risk Manager > Risk.

    Risk Manager dashboard items are displayed only when IBM QRadar Risk Manager is licensed.

  6. On the header of the new dashboard item, click the yellow Settings icon.
  7. Use the Chart Type, Display Top, and Sort lists to configure the chart.
  8. From the Group list, select the group that you want to monitor. For more information, see the table in step 9.

    When you select the Asset option, a link to the Risks > Policy Management > By Asset page appears at the bottom of the Risk dashboard item. The By Asset page displays more detailed information about all results that are returned for the selected Policy Group. For more information on a specific asset, select Table from Chart Type list and click the link in the Asset column to view details about the asset in the By Asset page.

    When you select the Policy option, a link to the Risks > Policy Management > By Policy page appears at the bottom of the Risk dashboard item. The By Policy page displays more detailed information about all results that are returned for the selected Policy Group. For more information on a specific policy, select Table from Chart Type list and click the link in the Policy column to view details about the policy in the By Policy page.

  9. From the Graph list, select the graph type that you want to use. For more information, see the following table:
    Group Asset Passed Percentage Policy Checks Passed Percentage Policy Group Passed Percentage Policy Risk Score
    All

    Returns the average asset percentage pass rate across assets, policies, and the policy group.

    Returns the average policy check percentage pass rate across assets, policies, and the policy group.

    Returns the average policy group pass rate across all assets, policies, and the policy group.

    Returns the average policy risk score across all assets, policies, and the policy group.

    Asset

    Returns whether an asset passes asset compliance (100%=passed, 0%=failed).

    Use this setting to show which assets associated with a Policy Group pass compliance.

    Returns percentage of policy checks that an asset passes.

    Use this setting to show the percentage of policy checks that passed for each asset that is associated with the Policy Group.

    Returns the percentage of policy subgroups that are associated with the asset that pass compliance.

    Returns the sum of all importance factor values for policy questions that are associated with each asset.

    Use this setting to view the policy risk for each asset that is associated with a selected policy group.

    Policy

    Returns whether all the assets associated with each policy in a Policy group pass compliance.

    Use this setting to monitor whether all the assets associated with each policy in a Policy Group pass or not.

    Returns percentage of policy checks that pass per policy in the policy group.

    Use this setting to monitor how many policy checks are failing per policy.

    Returns the percentage of policy subgroups of which the policy is a part that pass compliance.

    Returns the importance factor values for each policy question in the Policy group.

    Use this setting to view the importance factor for each policy in a policy group.

    Policy Group

    Returns the percentage of assets that pass compliance for the selected Policy Group as a whole.

    Returns the percentage of policy checks that pass per policy for the policy group as a whole.

    Returns the percentage of policy subgroups within the Policy Group that pass compliance.

    Returns the sum of all importance factor values for all policy questions in the Policy group.

  10. From the Policy Group list, select the policy groups that you want to monitor.
  11. Click Save.