How to perform a security health check and assessment for CA Endeavor and for CA Harvest?

cisa's picture
cisa asked on October 19, 2011 - 8:47pm | Replies (2).

I am a IT Compliance Auditor. Can anyone direct me as to where I might find an audit program for both of these CA products?

I need to perform a security health check and assessment for Endeavor and for Harvest.

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Bob Aiello's picture
Bob Aiello replied on October 23, 2011 - 1:06am.

I don't know of any automated programs that perform audits on these products. Usually, I do an assessment using the control practices described in the Cobit 4.1 Change and Config high level IT processes.

For example, I confirm that there is a separation of duties and there is full trace ability for all changes. A lot depends on what industry you are in and what regulatory requirements are driving your audit.

Bob Aiello
Editor in Chief, CM Crossroads

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smitherz replied on October 26, 2011 - 7:59pm.

Having administered Harvest over 3 or 4 versions of the product I would say what you want is basically built in. You would just need the proper sql queries to glue the access control information together. Each installation is a custom configuration and frankly each project inside it can be different from the others.

I have had to generate SOX, PCI and HIPAA reports showing separation of roles and such. All of which were sql queries.

Scott

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