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Managing Audit Waivers
How waiver requests and grants work
1
Click Menu | Risk & Compliance | Waivers.
2
Select the group containing the waivers from the System Tree.
3
From the Filter drop-down list, select This Group Only. The waivers tab shows only the
waivers for systems in the selected group.
4
Select This Group and all Subgroups from the Filter drop-down list.
The Waivers tab shows waivers for systems in the selected group and any subgroups of the
selected group.
How waiver requests and grants work
McAfee Policy Auditor software shows waivers on the Waivers page when a user with the proper
permissions grants approval for the waiver to take effect.
Depending upon the internal security policies of your organization, the users who request waivers
and the users who grant them can be different. A user who has permissions to request and
grant waivers can create a waiver and grant it at the same time.
Requesting waivers
McAfee Policy Auditor software allows you to request a waiver. If a user only has permissions
to request waivers, another user who has permissions to grant waivers must grant the waiver
before it appears on the Waivers page. If you have the correct permissions to grant waivers,
you can create and grant the waiver in a single step.
Requested waivers appear in the Issues Catalog.
Before you begin
You must have permissions to request waivers.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1
Click Menu | Risk & Compliance | Waivers, then click New Waiver. The Waiver Request
page appears.
2
Type a name for the waiver. In the Notes box, type descriptive information that you want
to associate with the waiver.
3
From the Waiver Type drop-down list, select the type of waiver that you want to create.
4
Use one or both of these options to select systems to apply the waiver to:
Click Add Systems. The Quick System Search dialog box appears. Type the system
name, IP address, MAC address, or user name that you want to search for. If you do
not know the full name or address, you can type a partial search, like 172.21. Click OK.
The Search Results page appears.
Click Add Group. The Select Tree Group dialog box appears. Select a group from the
System Tree and click OK. Repeat as needed.
5
Select the systems that the waiver applies to, then click OK. The Waiver Request page
appears.
For exception and suppression waivers, select a benchmark and one or more rules.
Exemption waivers do not require a benchmark and a rule.
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