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Customizing Description Fields

We recommend that you customize CA Auditor description fields.

Business Value:

A number of CA Auditor functions have user-modifiable description fields that let you customize CA Auditor results. You can use these description fields to document site-specific audit findings. This information resides in the CA Auditor DBASE1 data store. Proper use of CA Auditor descriptions can save time and let auditors complete their auditing tasks in a more efficient manner.

Additional Considerations:

For example, consider the case of auditing z/OS console devices. You may have physical consoles throughout your data center in different physical locations. Because securing consoles often requires that proper physical security controls be in place to control user command entry, you should know the physical location of each console. To do so, update the description field on the console display function to denote the physical location of the console when you complete physical asset discovery.

You can also update descriptions for a number of other CA Auditor functions, for example, the user SVC analysis function.

More Information:

For detailed information about descriptions, see the Technical Reference guide.