Reports available from the CAM Overview module

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    Summary of Reports Available from the CAM Overview Module

    The CAM Overview module, accessible to users with the CAM Administrator and Executive Reader roles, offers essential reports on various aspects of authorization boundaries, packages, baseline controls, POA&Ms, and assess activity. Starting from version 18.1.2, the dashboard is available in the Next Experience UI Framework for users on Vancouver and Washington DC releases.

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    Key Features

    • Authorization Boundary Tab: Provides insights into the number and status of authorization boundaries within the CMDB, including critical and orphaned boundaries.
    • Authorization Packages Tab: Displays information on authorization packages, including those pending approval and those with overridden impacts.
    • Baseline Controls Tab: Tracks the state of authorization packages in relation to inherited and unimplemented baseline controls.
    • POA&M Tab: Offers visibility into Plans of Action and Milestones, including pending items, overdue tasks, and priority categorizations.
    • Assess Activity Tab: Enhances visibility into audit engagements, detailing engagement results and overdue tasks.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the reports in the CAM Overview module, customers can effectively monitor and manage authorization boundaries and packages, ensure compliance with controls, and track the status of audit engagements. This results in improved oversight, timely decision-making, and enhanced operational efficiency within your agency.

    Users with the CAM Administrator [sn_irm_cont_auth.admin] and Executive Reader (sn_irm_cont_auth.executive_read) roles can view the reports in the CAM Overview module.

    Important:
    Starting with version 18.1.2 of CAM the CAM Overview dashboard is available in the Next Experience UI Framework.

    If you are on Vancouver or Washington DC, you can view the dashboard in the Next Experience UI Framework.

    For more information on navigation steps and dashboard appearance, see Analytics and Reporting Solutions for CAM.

    The CAM Overview module includes reports on five tabs.
    Figure 1. CAM Overview tabs
    CAM Overview tabs

    CAM Overview - Authorization Boundary tab

    The reports on the Authorization Boundaries tab provide a general overview of the authorization boundaries defined in your system.

    Table 1. Reports on the Authorization Boundary tab
    Report Description
    Boundaries Connected to CMDB The number of authorization boundaries defined to work with your CMDB.
    Mission Critical Boundaries The number of authorization boundaries defined as being mission critical. For more information, see Define authorization boundaries.
    Orphan Authorization Boundaries The number of authorization boundaries not related to an authorization package.
    Boundaries Status The number of authorization boundaries in each state.

    CAM Overview - Authorization Packages tab

    The reports on the Authorization Packages tab provide a general overview of the authorization packages defined in your system.

    Table 2. Reports on the Authorization Packages tab
    Report Description
    Packages with Overridden Impact The number of authorization packages with an impact that has been overridden. For more information, see Categorize the authorization package.
    Packages Pending Approval The number of authorization packages for which approval has been requested, but that have not yet received approval.
    Packages by Impact The number of authorization packages categorized by impact levels.
    Packages by Step The number of authorization packages categorized by steps (for example, Monitor, Access, Select, and so forth).

    CAM Overview - Baseline Controls tab

    The reports on the Baseline Controls tab allows you to easily track the state of all authorization packages across the agency.

    Table 3. Reports on the Baseline Controls tab
    Report Description
    Packages with Inherited Controls The number of authorization packages that contain baseline controls inherited from a common control.
    Packages with Common Controls The number of authorization packages for which common controls were created and implemented.
    Packages with Unimplemented Controls The number of authorization packages for which common controls were created, but have not yet been implemented.

    CAM Overview - POA&M tab

    The reports on the POA&M tab provide visibility into how your systems are providing, inheriting, and implementing controls.

    Table 4. Reports on the POA&M tab
    Report Description
    Pending POA&Ms The number of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M) that are pending authorization.
    POA&Ms with Milestones The number of POA&Ms that contain milestones.
    POA&Ms with Acceptance Tasks The number of POA&Ms that contain acceptance tasks.
    Overdue POA&Ms The number of POA&Ms that have overdue milestones or acceptance tasks.
    POA&Ms by State The number of POA&Ms categorized by state.
    Packages with POA&Ms The number of authorization packages that contain POA&Ms.
    POA&Ms by Priority The number of POA&Ms categorized by priority.
    POA&Ms by Response The number of POA&Ms categorized by responses.

    CAM Overview - Assess Activity tab

    The reports on the Assess Activity tab allows you to gain increased visibility and reduce management effort around a;; POA&Ms in your agency. For more information on these reports, see Create an engagement with advanced planning.

    Table 5. Reports on the Assess Activity tab
    Report Description
    Inadequate Engagements The number of engagements closed with an inadequate result.
    Satisfactory Engagements The number of engagements closed with a satisfactory result.
    Adequate Engagements The number of engagements closed with an adequate result.
    Controls by Engagement The number of controls categorized by engagements.
    Audit Task Breakdown Audit tasks grouped and/or stacked by task type, assigned user, top task, or state.
    POA&M Breakdown POA&Ms grouped and/or stacked by engagement, state, or response.
    Control Test Results The number of completed control tests, broken down by overall control effectiveness rating.
    Engagement Results An overall count of audit engagements conducted for each entity. The chart is stacked to display the overall audit results for each entity.
    Overdue Audit Tasks List of open audit tasks that have exceeded the planned end date.