HCL Big Fix Compliance V10

Course Overview

Overview

• Introduction, covering: benefits and advantages; the BigFix portfolio and adjacent products; roles and responsibilities; compliance motivators (Business Needs, IT Needs)
• Key Concepts, including: security vs. compliance; checklists and parameters; reporting; and enforcement
• Features and Functions, such as: enforcing compliance rules; reporting on compliance; and automation of process

Plan and Install

• Architecture of Compliance, including: Scalability (BigFix architecture, checklists, data import); network design; firewalls, proxy servers, and ports; network planning; and reporting groups
• BigFix Platform and Compliance Infrastructure, covering: server and database requirements; disk space; permissions; licensing & masthead; installing BigFix Server, relays, and clients; security and access
• Implementation of Compliance, including: installing the Compliance analytics server; subscribing systems to checklists; configuring data source connection; mail server settings; roles; server settings; session settings; and user provisioning

Configure and Operate

• Navigation, such as: interface navigation and customization, setting default views, creating custom views
• Using checks and checklists, including: check Fixlets; modifying check parameters; activating Measured Value Analyses; creating and managing Custom Checklists; using the Synchronize Custom Checks wizard; taking a remediation action; importing SCAP content; using OVALDI and viewing Windows Vulnerabilities for Oval bulletins

Exception Management

• Reporting, including: running and exporting reports; reviewing existing built-in overview and list reports; and customizing reports
• Computer Grouping, covering: creating computer groups for reporting; checklist targeting and exception; computer properties from BigFix

Maintain

• Compliance Application management, such as: Extract, Transform, Load monitoring and management; and database management
• BigFix Platform management, including: Fixlet site version; Platform updates and upgrades; process start and stop procedures; and backup & restore

Troubleshoot

• Disaster Recovery planning, covering: backing up the Application Server; and successful recovery from a failure
• Support resources, including log locations; VM Manager command line options; manual catalog updates; support; Forums and self-help

Prerequisites

• Students should have previously taken the AIS BigFix Operator Fundamentals course, or equivalent experience
• Basic Microsoft Windows skills