How To Assess an App

Please note that the videos demonstrate an older version of Isora GRC and will be updated soon.

You must be an assessment manager or a superuser to perform app assessment.

Before you can assess an application, the app must be in your inventory.
See also: Load an App Into Inventory How to Add an App to Inventory
If you are a superuser: Check that you have an assessment series that targets applications. On the Settings page, click Assessments and view the Series area. Under the Target column, look for a series with App as the target. Remember the name of the assessment series you chose.
See also: Make an App Assessment Series
If you are a superuser, check that you have a question list that targets apps. Still on the Settings, page, go to Question Configuration and choose Lists. Under the Target column, look for a question list with app as the target. Remember the name of the question list you chose.
See also: Make an App Question List
Go to the Assessment page and click the New Assessment button. Fill in the fields. When you choose “App” as the Target, the following fields will alter and offer you choices that are relevant to app assessment. Choose the series and question list you chose, and start typing in the app name to search existing apps that belong to your OU. Choose an expiration date and click Save.
Refresh the page if needed. You should see the new app assessment showing up on the list of open assessments. Click the name of the series to expand it.
Click the Launch Survey button to start the assessment.
Choose the classification for the app based on the data it has access to and click Lock. Then click the “In Progress” link to answer the questions for the app.
Answer the questions and either lock each one individually, or use the Lock All button at the top.
The Acknowledge button pops up. Click it to indicate the questions portion of the survey has been completed satisfactorily.
Back on the Assessment page, the survey now shows as prefinal acknowledge, awaiting final acknowledgement. Click the Acknowledge button again to complete the assessment.
The assessment shows up as completed. Next time you visit the Open Assessments page, this assessment won’t show up. To view the report, click on the Complete tab.
Locate the assessment and click the View Report button to access the results.
To print off a copy of the report, use your browser’s Print function. To view individual questions and answers, click on Answer Details.
You can also download a CSV of the questions and answers.