Configuration Compliance discovery

concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read vuln-config-compl-discovery.md

Configuration Compliance data is imported from third-party SCA scanner applications. They structure groups of software and hardware tests into data records to expedite conducting assessments.

Note: Starting with v14.9 of Configuration Compliance, the following terms have been renamed:

Terminology prior to v14.9	Terminology v14.9 onwards
Test Result Group	Remediation Task
Group Rules	Remediation Task Rules
Policy	Test group

When an import is complete, an event is sent to indicate end-of-import actions. For every active remediation task, the following actions are taken:

Resolved remediation tasks with failed results return to the Awaiting Implementation state.
Remediation tasks where all results have passed, are Closed.
The state of test results that are in active remediation tasks are updated.
The flag indicating whether a result is part of an active remediation task is updated.

Parent Topic:Configuration Compliance imported data

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title: Configuration Compliance discovery
description: Configuration Compliance data is imported from third-party SCA scanner applications. They structure groups of software and hardware tests into data records to expedite conducting assessments.
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release: australia
product: Configuration Compliance
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topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Configuration Compliance imported data, Explore, Configuration Compliance, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations]
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# Configuration Compliance discovery

Configuration Compliance data is imported from third-party SCA scanner applications. They structure groups of software and hardware tests into data records to expedite conducting assessments.

**Note:** Starting with v14.9 of Configuration Compliance, the following terms have been renamed:

|Terminology prior to v14.9|Terminology v14.9 onwards|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|Test Result Group|Remediation Task|
|Group Rules|Remediation Task Rules|
|Policy|Test group|

When an import is complete, an event is sent to indicate end-of-import actions. For every active remediation task, the following actions are taken:

-   Resolved remediation tasks with failed results return to the **Awaiting Implementation** state.
-   Remediation tasks where all results have passed, are **Closed**.
-   The state of test results that are in active remediation tasks are updated.
-   The flag indicating whether a result is part of an active remediation task is updated.

**Parent Topic:**[Configuration Compliance imported data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/configuration-compliance/vuln-config-compl-policies.md)