SecurityExpressions Audit and Compliance Server

Altiris' Client Security is an enterprise-class security solution (SearchSecurity.com 2007 Readers' Choice Award winner) that's tightly integrated with the entire suite of Altiris offerings. Here are some pretty cool demos where you can learn more in a hurry.

NOW HEAR THIS! SecurityExpressions functionality is now in the Notification server. The release of the Audit Integration Component allows your organization to leverage SecurityExpressions auditing for compliance and configuration drift through your NS. You can download the Audit Integration in the Solution center in the NS. This solution will also install Task Server for you (which is free) and will give you pre-canned tasks for auditing. Very cool.

Audit on Connect is setup via the SecurityExpressions Audit and Compliance Server (SEserver), hence the documentation on AOC is found within the SEserver documentation. This "how to" will assume that you have set up the SEserver. You will also need a license for AOC which will be entered in the setup area of the SEserver.

Did you know that there are tons of out-of-the-box SecurityExpressions policies? They cover all flavors of operating systems and applications leveraging best practices. I have uploaded the new guide that contains a comprehensive list of all the policies we have to date.

Did you know you could audit your system for compliance on the Web? WebAudit allows you to audit your own system against a best practices policy and then view the resulting system assessment.

Frequent contributor and long-time community member erikw, has significant experience installing and configuring Altiris Security and Compliance products. In this article Erik shares some of his know-how a few tips to keep in mind when working with these products.