Compliance Manager Templates for IT Resource Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rule management applications are tedious and time-consuming, especially when managing large networks with numerous policies and rules driven by external factors such as corporate directives, security requirements, and compliance laws, making it cumbersome to identify and verify compliance across a large number of interconnected network elements.
Innovation Solution
A compliance manager utilizing predefined, modifiable, and searchable templates in a graphical user interface allows network administrators to save and modify policy and rule templates, enabling efficient creation and management of new policies and rules by reusing existing templates, with features like queryable attributes for easy retrieval and application to network resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional rule management applications are used to manage policies and rules in large networks, then compliance verification can be performed, but the process becomes tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining compliance rules and policies as reusable templates before they are needed. These templates contain pre-configured compliance checks, thresholds, and parameters that can be directly applied to network resources, eliminating the need to create compliance rules from scratch for each verification task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements copying by allowing users to replicate existing compliance rule templates and modify them for new compliance scenarios. Instead of recreating compliance rules manually, administrators can copy proven templates and adapt them to specific needs, significantly reducing the time required for compliance verification setup.
2Reliability
If conventional rule management applications are used to manage large groups of resources, then compliance can be checked, but the process becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing compliance rule templates that can be applied across multiple network resources and compliance domains. A single template can serve multiple purposes by configuring different parameters, allowing the same template structure to handle various compliance requirements across diverse resource types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements segmentation by breaking down complex compliance verification into modular templates with distinct components. Each template represents a specific compliance aspect that can be independently configured, applied, and modified, making the overall compliance management process more manageable and less cumbersome.
3Adaptability or versatility
If compliance rules are created from scratch for each policy, then customization is possible, but efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring compliance rule templates with common compliance patterns and best practices already embedded. This preliminary setup maintains adaptability because the templates can be customized for specific needs while eliminating the time-consuming aspect of creating rules from scratch, thus improving efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by allowing specific customization of template parameters while maintaining the overall template structure. Users can modify individual aspects of a template (such as thresholds, resource types, or compliance criteria) without redesigning the entire compliance rule, preserving customization capability while significantly improving creation efficiency.
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AI summary
A compliance manager presents a set of selectable compliance tests (e.g., templates) in a graphical user interface. For example, each compliance test has a unique configuration operable for evaluating data associated with Information Technology “IT” resources. In particular, the compliance tests can include policy and/or rule templates for use in creating targeted compliance testing of IT resources. During operation, the compliance manager receives a selection of a compliance test (e.g., from a network administrator). The compliance manager additionally enables modification of a configuration associated with the compliance test. In turn, the compliance manager applies the compliance test (along with any modifications) to the data associated with the IT resources.