: Configuration Audit Enhancements
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Configuration Audit Enhancements

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Configuration Audit Enhancements

Use the enhancement configuration audit to assess and document impact of configuration changes for next-generation firewalls and Panorama management
You can perform a configuration audit to see the configuration changes made between two selected configuration versions. This allows your administrators to assess and document impact of configuration changes, trace back changes in case of an outage, and perform regular audits in order to adhere to security compliance standards. Enhancements to configuration audits now allow you to not only view the entire XML differences between the two selected config versions, but also provides you per-object granular view of the change data.
The XML Diff displays the XML file differences between any two selected config versions. The Change Summary provides a granular details about each of the configuration objects that added, deleted, or modified between the older selected config version and the newest selected config version. The type granular details are:
  • Object Name—Name of impacted configuration object.
  • Object Type—Type of configuration object impacted.
  • Modified Time—Date and time configuration object change occurred.
  • Location—Device group, template, or template stack where the configuration change occurred.
  • Location Type—The configuration container type where the change occurred.
  • Modified By—Administrator that modified the configuration object.
  • Operation—The type of operation performed on the configuration object.