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The Menu Bar
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The Menu Bar assembles consists of a number of features that have predominantly technical and administrative contextsuses. As such, they are not instrumental in interacting with the web applications and are not subject to discussion here.
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The Left- and Right-Hand (Navigation)
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By default, this panel contains the elements listed below. It is worth noting again that each of them can individually be migrated on-screen, e.g., by dragging and dropping it near the bottom edge of the interface.
Explorer ('pages' icon): this item references any open editors and is not immediately relevant to the TARA workflow.
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Panels
The functions of the web client can be accessed via their respective icons. You can change the location of the icons via drag-and drop so the functions are always accessible exactly where you need them for your project.
Project Navigator (
-icon): This area lists your projects with their associated files. TARA is one of several SOX modules within this structure.
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PSS (Project System Structure, ‘colored bars’
-icon): the PSS affords offers a different view of your projects, comparable to the PSS view as part of in the SOX Rich Client. It displays project files created within the RCP environment, which are available for reuse or reference by the web application.
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Files of suitable type can be dragged and dropped from the PSS to the SOX main panel, e.g. --
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Catalogs ('open book'
-icon): Public and System catalogs are in evidence here, organized in a tiered tree structure.
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can be found here.
Context Cell Editors (
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-icon): The Context Cell Editors allow you to add reviews, comments, tasks and hyperlinks to cells in the HARA and TARA.
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Sign, Export, Add Row, and Help
These three controls are grouped near the right-hand edge of the screen.
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Excel Download: saves your current project in .xlsx format, e.g.
Add Row ('+' icon): intuitively, adds a row to your currently selected table
Delete Item ('trash icon'): subject to confirmation, will delete the currently selected row
Outline / Cell Editor / Row Editor / Attack Path Details (TARA Example)
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These controls too are situated near the right-hand edge of the screen.
Outline: displays outline information if it exists.
Cell Editor: provides implements for editing cell content.
It is now possible to enter a comment in the fashion indicated below (the example briefly illustrates some formatting options available).
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Row Editor: supports editing row content. The input screen changes according your current location within the tables hierarchy.
Asset Identification:
Threat Scenario:
Attack Path:
Attack Step:
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Sign (
-Icon): Generate a .png file with your signature to confirm documents such as reports generated in the web-based Report Designer.CSV-Export (left
-icon): Export your current project as CSV-fileXLSL-Export (right
-icon): Export your current project as a .xlsx fileAdd a Row (
-icon): Add a new row in a HARA or TARA file or in a catalog.Help (
-icon): Open the SOX Help Center
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Customizing the Interface
Tabs and Panels
As noted in the above, individual GUI elements are susceptible to on-screen rearranging to suit user preferences. The two screenshots below demonstrate switching from a horizontal to a vertical split, achieved by dragging the top panel to the right edge.
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Rearranging Columns
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Individual GUI elements can be rearranged within the web interface. Via drag-and-drop, you can display multiple windows next to and ontop of each other.
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Rearranging Columns
To pin a column to the left or right of a table, click the
-icon on the relevant column and select Pin Column > Pin Left / Pin Right.
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Outcome: this performance will result in moving Asset Name to the left edge of the main panel --
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Selecting Pin Column > No Pin reverts to the default layout, undoing the change. Pin Column > Pin Right as expected works by sending the relevant column to the right-hand edge of the display.
Autosizing: the Autosize This Column and Autosize All Columns options on the “stack menu”, respectively,
-menu will set the current column width or all column widths to a system-determined value. Note that depending on parameters such as your screen size and resolution this intervention may have the side-effect of temporarily hiding some columns.
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Group by <parameter>: sorts your entries in descending alphabetical order (the Group by behavior works analogously for other columns/parameters than this example case)
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Reset Columns: restores the default layout
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Searches and Filters
Filters: a number of options are available to filter (for example) your TARA assets working set. The functionality is identical for any search criterion.
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Search: the system supports searches across all module categories and subcategories (incompletely displayed in the screenshot below, which again uses the TARA example). Use the Search facility to show vs. hide columns selected by your search criteria.
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Example: search on “Asset” narrows down the list of identifiers displayed –
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Filters: a number of options are available to filter any kind of table entries.
Search: Use checkboxes or free text search to filter for specific objects
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