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View Security Statistics in the Investigator

Reviewing performance statistics for your security data can help you identify trends and set thresholds for acceptable performance.

Note the following prerequisites for viewing security statistics data:

• CA ACF2 - To view CA ACF2 metrics in CA Chorus, the STATG bit in the GSO record must be turned on and statistics must be enabled with the Start command.

  Note: The Time Series Facility must be active in order for records to appear in the metrics panel.

• CA Top Secret - To view CA Top Secret metrics in CA Chorus, the CHORUSSTATG(ON) control option must be set. To automatically activate the CHORUSSTATG option during CA Top Secret initialization set the option in the parameter file.

After configuring your ESM, you must wait for the time interval setting before data displays in the metrics panel. Metrics display only when actions are occurring.

Note: For more information about how to configure your ESM to provide security performance data to the Time Series Facility, see the CA Chorus for Security and Compliance Management Site Prep Guide.

Example: Monitor SECCACHE improvements

Your team is about to enable the SECCACHE feature, which is a CA best practice. This option helps to reduce CPU cycles in the user and security address spaces that are required to complete subsequent system entry requests. This option also helps to reduce I/O against the security file when the file is shared between the systems. The best way to see the benefits of SECCACHE is by monitoring I/O statistics. This option helps to reduce CPU cycles that are required to complete subsequent system entry requests in the user and security address spaces.

Follow these steps:

1. Add the Investigator to your dashboard. Launch the Investigator by clicking Start New Investigator.
2. Select Security from the drop-down list, then select Statistics from the folder list. Select the system you want to view, and select Statistics Reporting.
3. Select your system from the table in the center pane.

   The Details pane appears with your data.

4. Perform one of the following sequences:
   • To review all of the data in a tabular view:
     1. Select the wrench icon.
     2. Add all of the IO fields to the grid, and click Save.
     3. The IO statistics appear in the table in the center pane.
     4. Click the export icon in the upper-right corner of the center pane.
     5. Save the table data to a comma-separated value (CSV) file.
   • To review the data using the Time Series Facility (TSF):
     1. Click Add Entity to Time Series.
     2. Select the IO statistics to compare in the TSF, and click Perform Charting.
     3. Click the icon next to the Contributors button to duplicate the chart.
     4. Set the charts so one shows data before SECCACHE was enabled and one after.

   After you enable the SECCACHE feature in your back-end security product and let it run for a week, repeat these steps and compare the data in TSF graphs or CSV files. The IO statistics should be lower than when SECCACHE was off.