Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of a security audit in Pega Platform?
To provide an objective evaluation of an organization's security and to identify areas of improvement to reduce the risk of security breaches.
Which of the following aspects are covered in a security audit? (Select all that apply)
What type of events can be audited in Security Event Configuration?
Authentication events, Data access events, and Security administration events.
The Pega Platform History- class supports auditing by capturing all data changes in ______ and ______.
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What can be monitored with the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features in Pega Platform?
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Data access events can track successful attempts to open cases.
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What kind of changes can security administration events track?
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Study Notes
Security Audits in Pega Platform
- Security audits assess measures, policies, and procedures to identify vulnerabilities in organizations.
- Audits encompass physical, network, and data security aspects to evaluate overall security effectiveness.
- Main goal of a security audit: provide an objective evaluation and suggest improvements to minimize security breach risks.
Key Outcomes of the Module
- Ability to review system functions for potential security issues.
- Skills to monitor security alerts effectively.
- Understanding of Pega best practices for secure application deployment.
- Knowledge to explain security event logs.
Security Auditing
- System tracking is vital for understanding functionalities and identifying potential problems.
- Pega Platform automatically tracks various security events such as failed logins, password changes, and modifications to Rules and Data.
System Auditing Features
- Comprehensive Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) capabilities.
- Enables monitoring of all security-related activities within the system.
- Facilitates report creation for analyzing usage patterns and identifying suspicious behavior.
- Helps determine potential damage from any exploited vulnerabilities.
Data Auditing
- Pega Platform's History- class captures all changes to Rules and Cases.
- It tracks operator ID changes and field-level updates for standard properties.
User and Developer Action Auditing
- Tracks user and developer actions impacting application security.
- Security events document various essential details: Date and time, Application name, Node, IP address, Tenant ID, Operator ID, Event class, and Event type.
Types of Events to Audit
- Authentication events: logs successful and failed login attempts, password changes, session terminations, logouts, and operator record changes.
- Data access events: tracks successful and unsuccessful case openings, SQL queries, report filter changes, and full-text searches.
- Security administration events: monitors alterations to security authentication policies, ABAC/RBAC policy changes, dynamic system settings, content security policies, access groups, and work queues.
Accessing Security Event Configuration
- Navigate to Security Event Configuration through: Dev Studio > Configure > Org & Security > Tools > Security > Security Event Configuration.
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Description
Explore the importance of security audits in the Pega Platform to assess organizational security measures. This quiz discusses various types of security vulnerabilities and weaknesses, including physical, network, and data security. Enhance your understanding of how audits can protect against potential threats.
