RFC 7632 · INFORMATIONAL · 2015

Endpoint Security Posture Assessment: Enterprise Use Cases

Overview

RFC 7632, “Endpoint Security Posture Assessment: Enterprise Use Cases”, is an Informational document published in September 2015 by D. Waltermire, D. Harrington. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo documents a sampling of use cases for securely aggregating configuration and operational data and evaluating that data to determine an organization's security posture. From these operational use cases, we can derive common functional capabilities and requirements to guide development of vendor-neutral, interoperable standards for aggregating and evaluating data relevant to security posture.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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