About exceptions

Exceptions are the temporary permissions that exempt an asset from following an organizational policy for a specific time period. The exemption should be made for a valid business reason.

For example, consider a check that verifies whether the latest Microsoft patch is installed on Windows Server 2003. The mailing server administrator may only be able to apply the patch over the weekend. The reason is that applying the patch requires the computer to be restarted, which can have an impact on the mailing infrastructure of the company. Under such a situation, the mailing administrator can request an exception to be made.

The exceptions are created and tracked in Control Compliance Suite through the exception management system.

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About the exception management system