Information technology resource compliance templates

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory that stores instructions associated with a compliance test template management application for execution by the processor;
• and
• an interconnect coupling the processor and the memory, enabling a computer system to execute the compliance test template management application and perform operations of:
• presenting a set of compliance test templates in a graphical user interface for selection of one or more of the compliance test templates by a user, each compliance test having a unique configuration operable for developing compliance tests and evaluating data associated with Information Technology (IT) infrastructure resources including hosts operable to execute applications, services provided by the applications, and connections operable to communicate between the applications, comprising:
• presenting a set of policy templates in the graphical user interface, each policy template having a unique policy configuration that defines at least one of a set of rules and corresponding violation criteria for rules within the set of rules, a policy scope that indicates what resources from an IT infrastructure the set of rules in the policy template is to be applied, and a policy compliance statement that defines a set of rule violations of varying severity that determine overall policy violation;
• receiving a selection of a compliance test template prior to creation of a compliance test using the selected compliance test template, comprising receiving a selection of a policy template;
• enabling modification of a configuration associated with the selected compliance test template prior to creation of a compliance test using the selected compliance test template, comprising:
• presenting a set of rule templates in the graphical user interface, each rule template having a unique rule configuration that defines at least one of a rule scope definition and a selection of compliance conditions that define desired states to be applied to the data associated with the IT infrastructure resources as specified by the rule scope definition;
• creating the compliance test using the selected compliance test template according to the modification to the configuration the associated with the selected compliance test template;
• and
• applying the created compliance test to the data associated with the IT infrastructure resources.

A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable storage medium operable to store computer program logic embodied in computer program code encoded as a set of processor based instructions thereon for compliance testing of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure resources comprising:

• computer program code for presenting a set of compliance test templates in a graphical user interface for selection of one or more of the compliance test templates by a user, each compliance test having a unique configuration operable for developing compliance tests and evaluating data associated with the IT infrastructure resources including hosts operable to execute applications, services provided by the applications, and connections operable to communicate between the applications, comprising:
• computer program code for presenting a set of policy templates in the graphical user interface, each policy template having a unique policy configuration that defines at least one of a set of rules and corresponding violation criteria for rules within the set of rules, a policy scope that indicates what resources from an IT infrastructure the set of rules in the policy template is to be applied, and a policy compliance statement that defines a set of rule violations of varying severity that determine overall policy violation;
• computer program code for receiving a selection of a compliance test template prior to creation of a compliance test using the selected compliance test template, comprising computer program code for receiving a selection of a policy template;
• computer program code for enabling modification of a configuration associated with the selected compliance test prior to creation of a compliance test using the selected compliance test template, comprising:
• computer program code for presenting a set of rule templates in the graphical user interface, each rule template having a unique rule configuration that defines at least one of a rule scope definition and a selection of compliance conditions that define desired states to be applied to the data associated with the IT infrastructure resources as specified by the rule scope definition;
• computer program code for creating a the compliance test using the selected compliance test template according to the modification to the configuration of the associated with the selected compliance test template;
• and
• computer program code for applying the created compliance test to the data associated with the IT infrastructure resources.