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About Workflows
Overview
A workflow is a set of steps to complete a change request. For example, you could create a workflow to process an access request which includes the following steps:
- Submit Access Request
- Business Approval for the request
- Technical Design
- Security Review and Approval
- Implement the change request
Each of these steps includes fields with required information. For example the first step, Submit Access Request, would may information such as the target, source, and destination, and business justification of the request. Each step also needs to define who the step will be assigned to, for example, the Approval step may be automatically assigned to a manager.
The first step in a workflow is always Submit Request. The final steps are normally to implement and verify the change.
Workflows are created and maintained by Workflow Owners in the Workflows page, see Workflows Page.
Existing workflows are used by Requesters to create change requests, see Creating a Change Request.
Change requests are then processed Handlers, see Assigning Change Requests.
Workflow Types
SecureChange includes the following workflow types:
Access Request
A request to grant access between a designated Target and Source, and if required for a Destination. For further information, see Managing Access Requests.
Decommission Network Object
Removes an IP address from anywhere that it appears in the system, including firewalls, groups, and rules. For further information, see Decommission Network Object Field.
Clone Server
Creates a duplicate of the access permissions of an existing server in your security policy for new servers. The Clone Server Policy workflow supports only single domain mode and Segregated Domains mode. For further information, see Clone Server Policy Field.
Rule Decommission
This workflow is typically run before a rule is deleted. By decommissioning a rule, the rule will not be used to assess whether the rule is needed before it is deleted. For further information, see Rule Decommission Field.
Modify Group
Adds or removes objects from a group of network objects from a device group, or create new groups. For further information, see Modify Group Field.
Rule Modification
Updates firewall rules by adding or removing devices or services in the Source, Destination, and Service fields. For further information, see Rule Modification Field.
Rule Recertification
Recertifies existing rules; some rules may need to have their expiration date extended. For further information, see Rule Recertification Field.
Tools to Process a Workflow
Handlers can use the following automated tools to process a change request:
Designer
Designer is an automatic tool which recommends changes that are needed to process the ticket. For details, see Using Designer. Designer is not available for except Rule Recertification workflows.
Risk Analyzer
The Risk Analysis calculates the risks in an Access Request workflow. For details, see Using the Risk Analysis Tool.
Provisioning
In some devices you can provision the changes from SecureChange. For details, see Provisioning and Commit Policy Changes.
Verifier
After provisioning or manually implementing the changes, use Verifier to confirm that the changes were successfully implemented. For details, see Verifying Access Requests. This tool is available in Access Request, Server Decommission workflows.
Suggest Target
In workflows that use topology, SecureChange can add a target based on SecureTrack policy and topology information.
