Viewing the Global Compliance Dashboard

The Global Compliance Dashboard allows you to see individual results from running configuration hardening policy for all resources. From any page in CloudControl, click the green Global Compliance Dashboard icon at the top of the page. Alternatively, from the Home tab, select Security > Global Compliance Dashboard.

Global Compliance Dashboard

The Global Compliance Dashboard page is a visual overview of your current configuration hardening and security postures across all resources. The dashboard displays the following information: 

• Current configuration hardening status in a pie chart. Each color on the inner donut represents a different resource. The outer donut displays the count of Compliant, Not Compliant, and Unassessed.

• Recent history of your configuration hardening activities. You can view either assessment or remediation results. Clicking on the different links shows you the following information: 

  • Click the date and time link to see the assessment that was completed at that time.
  • Click the template name link to view the details of the particular template.
  • Click the policy name link to view details about the policy.
  • Click the resource name to view details about that particular resource.
• Trending information about your configuration hardening posture.

Click the expander icon in each tile to open the Views page with detailed information. You can also click the options under the Views menu. From the Views page, you can click the x icon to return to the original location.

Current Configuration Hardening Page

The current configuration hardening page displays the following information: 

Field	Description
Resource Name	The name of the resource. Click the name to view the inventory page for that resource.
Resource Type	The type of resource, for example, AWSAccount or ESXi.
Status	The compliance status for that resource.
Templates	The number of templates used by that resource. Click the link to view a list in a pop-up.

You can use the filter bar to narrow down the displayed information.

Configuration Hardening Activity Page

The configuration hardening activity page displays the following information: 

Field	Description
Event	The runtime of the particular configuration hardening event. Click the link to view details.
Resource Name	The name of the resource. Click the name to view the inventory page for that resource.
Score	The compliance score for the resource. The score is only displayed for assessment policies. Note: The assessment policy is immediately run again following a Remediation policy to ensure that the score is updated.
Policy	The policy that was used for the configuration hardening event. Click the link to view policy details.
Template	The template that was used for the configuration hardening event. Click the link to view template details.
Action Type	Whether the policy was for assessment or remediation.
Elapsed type	The total time to run the policy.

You can use the filter bar to narrow down the displayed information.