DEFINING AND IMPLEMENTING CONFIGURATION STANDARDS FOR FACILITATING COMPLIANCE TESTING IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

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12164988

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A method for facilitating compliance testing in an information technology (IT) environment is provided. The method includes defining each IT component of an enterprise as a set of attribute value pairs represented as a configuration item (CI) and defining relationships among the CIs. Configuration Standards for the CIs are defined to include scope identifying CIs to which the Configuration Standards apply and restrictions defining requirements for compliance. Compliance testing is performed for IT components of the enterprise against a selected Configuration Standards by determining, depending on the scope and the restrictions of each of the selected Configuration Standards, which of the IT components within the scope of the selected Configuration Standards fails to meet the restrictions of respective ones of the selected Configuration Standards; and by outputting results as a list, which includes each of the IT components that failed to meet respective ones of the selected Configuration Standards.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Ayachitula, Naga A Elmsford, US 36 681
Buco, Melissa J Amawalk, US 10 85
Kamesam, Lalitha Cortlandt Manor, US 2 2
Loewenstern, David New York, US 7 102
Shwartz, Larisa Scarsdale, US 126 1199
Ward, Christopher Glen Ridge, US 103 1971

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