Uncommenting duplicate rules for rule-group remediation

Within the SOX component templates, certain rules are duplicated and appear in two different rule groups. This duplication enables you to remediate components that failed a SOX Compliance Job for a single rule group rather than for all compliance rules in the component template. However, since remediation at the template level is expected to be more common than remediation at rule group level, the component template is delivered out-of-the-box with all such duplicate rules commented out, so that remediation at template level is performed only once (for the first occurrence of the rule). If you plan to remediate failed SOX components for a single rule group, you must uncomment the duplicate rules within the rule group before you run the SOX Compliance Job (as described below in #To uncomment rules that were delivered commented out). The following table lists duplicate rules across rule groups in the various SOX component templates.

Note

In addition to the rules listed in the following table, which are duplicated across rule groups, several rules are duplicated within the same rule group. In the case of rules duplicated within the same group, the later appearance of the rule (that is, the rule with the higher reference number) is not commented out. Instead, remediation is turned on only for the first occurrence of the rule, while turned off for any duplicate occurrence of the rule within the group. The following rules are duplicated within the same rule group:

  • In the SOX - AIX component template: DS 9.1.2.1 as DS 9.1.5.12 and DS 9.1.5.13
  • In the SOX - Windows Server 2003 component template:
    • DS 5.5.1.1 as DS 5.5.3
    • DS 5.5.1.4 as DS 5.5.2
    • DS 5.5.1.8, DS 5.5.1.10, and DS 5.5.1.12 in DS 5.5.6


 Duplicate rules in SOX component templates

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To uncomment rules that were delivered commented out

  1. On the Compliance tab in the content editor of the relevant component template, navigate to the compliance rule or rules that you want to uncomment.
  2. Select one or more compliance rules, right-click, and select Uncomment.

 

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