Job Management Partner 1/Client Security Control Description, User's Guide and Operator's Guide

4.8 Lifecycle of a client security control system

A client security control system can be operated according to the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action) cycle. Operation using a PDCA cycle facilitates management of a series of operations, from system planning to execution, client monitoring, and measures against security risk. Operations revisions and improvements can also be performed.

The following figure shows a PDCA cycle.

Figure 4-11 PDCA cycle

The following shows what is implemented in each phase of a PDCA cycle.

• Plan
  Judge the client security level, and set a security policy that implements an action for the security level.
  For details about how to set a security policy, see 6. Managing Security Policies.
  
• Do
  Automatically collect client inventory information, and manage the application status of Windows security updates and anti-virus products, as well as the installation status of software.
  For details about managing inventory information, see 7. Managing Inventory Information.
  
• Check
  Monitor the managed clients. Find clients that meet the conditions specified by the administrator, and check details about the security level of each client.
  For details about monitoring clients, see 8. Monitoring Clients.
  
• Action
  Send warning messages to client users, or deny client network connections as instructed by the action policy or administrator.
  For details about actions, see 9. Dealing with Security Risks.
  

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