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Information, in all of its forms and functions, drives business. Data must be collected from a variety of sources then analyzed and correlated into meaningful information that can answer management’s questions about IT and business operations. The collection of data through surveys and direct technology queries is the cornerstone of Active Compliance’s Automated Data Acquisition and Management (ADAM) solution. |
With ADAM, our partners have been able to efficiently collect and analyze data from a variety of perspectives including: |
- Compliance Management: Collecting the necessary data to determine the operating effectiveness of IT and business process controls including the collection of evidence.
- Security & Configuration Management: Collecting system configuration settings from IT infrastructure components and applications to detect changes to security settings or deviations from standard builds.
- Process Management: Collecting key performance indicators, measuring control effectiveness, and timely reporting for operational processes such as ITIL, COBIT, or specific business processes.
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| Configuration Testing and Management |
In any IT organization, managing "configuration creep" is critical to achieving virtually any IT operational objective. However, due to the distributed nature of today's IT organization, managing configuration can be a constant challenge - consuming valuable IT resources and often producing inaccurate results. |
Previous configuration management solutions are typically "agent based" technologies that have proven to be expensive to deploy and maintain. It has also become apparent that static or "one size fits all" solutions seldom fit the specific needs of any dynamic IT organization. That's why a configuration management solution based on Automated Data Acquisition and Management (ADAM) utilizes an open and flexible "Agent-Less" technology platform. |
ADAM allows companies to answer questions relating to configuration management such as: |
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- Are my IT technology assets configured according to standard builds?
- How can I re-use my existing IT asset management or configuration management database to test configuration settings?
- Do my IT technology assets have the necessary security settings and patches installed?
- How can I reduce the time to produce meaningful reports?
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Active Compliance's ADAM can extend the capabilities of traditional configuration management systems by efficiently collecting, correlating, and consolidating system configuration information from almost any source to: |
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- Quickly provide deep visibility into complete IT asset inventory, configuration status and change history.
- Automate the process of measuring IT asset configurations against common builds, patch and security standards across a wide range of technology and infrastructure components.
- Connect to systems without the need to install and maintain local agents.
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