CLIAMS:We claim:
1. A method for managing compliance of one or more network devices, comprising:
receiving, by a compliance management computing device, one or more configuration changes of the one or more network devices;
identifying, by the compliance management computing device, each configuration change as one of a compliant configuration change and a non-compliant configuration change by correlating, the one or more configuration changes using a first set of parameters;
generating, by the compliance management computing device, an impact value of the one or more configuration changes; and
generating, by the compliance management computing device, a recommendation for the one or more network devices based on the impact value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more configuration changes is associated with at least one of a configuration change identifier, an actual command executed, time of the configuration change and originator of the configuration change.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising receiving, by a compliance management computing device, a second set of parameters associated with at least one of an organization security policy and baseline guideline rules corresponding to the one or more network devices.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 further comprising identifying each of the one or more configuration changes as one of compliant configuration change and non-compliant configuration change by validating the one or more configuration changes using the second set of parameters.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 further comprising verifying the validated one or more configuration changes and generating an alert if the configuration change is validated as non-compliant configuration change.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein generating the impact value comprises:
obtaining a critical value associated with the one or more network devices by analyzing the configuration changes using the first set of parameters and a third set of parameters; and
generating an impact value based on at least one of the critical value, a violation severity value, or a probability of vulnerability exploited by one or more malicious elements.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the third set of parameters is at least one of network connectivity, neighboring devices configuration, network device having internal facing or external facing and enrooting a network device to provide critical business services.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising generating a recommendation using historical data associated with one or more impact values of the one or more network devices.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising generating, by the compliance management computing device, a report based on at least one of the identified configuration change, impact value and the recommendation.

10. A compliance management computing device for managing compliance of one or more network devices, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
receive one or more configuration changes of the one or more network devices;
identify each configuration change as one of a compliant configuration change and a non-compliant configuration change by correlating, the one or more configuration changes using a first set of parameters;
generate an impact value of the one or more configuration changes; and
generate a recommendation to the one or more network devices based on the impact value.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the one or more configuration changes is associated with at least one of configuration identifier, an actual command executed, time of the configuration change and originator of the configuration change.

12. The device as claimed in claim 10 further comprising the processor configured to receiving a second set of parameters associated with at least one of an organization security policy and baseline guideline rules corresponding to the one or more network devices.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to identifying each of the one or more configuration changes as one of compliant configuration change and non-compliant configuration change by validating the one or more configuration changes using the second set of parameters.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to verify the validated one or more configuration changes and generate an alert if the configuration change is validated as non-compliant configuration change.

15. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to generate an impact value comprises:
obtaining a critical value associated with the one or more network devices by analyzing the configuration changes using the first set of parameters and a third set of parameters; and
generating an impact value based on at least one of the critical value, a violation severity value, and a probability of vulnerability exploited by one or more malicious elements.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the third set of parameters is at least one of network connectivity, neighboring devices configuration, network device having internal facing or external facing and enrooting a network device to provide critical business services.

17. The device as claimed in claim 10 further comprises the processor configured to generate a recommendation using historical data associated with one or more impact values of the one or more network devices

18. The device as claimed in claim 10 further comprises the processor configured to generate a report based on at least one of the identified configuration change, impact value and the recommendation.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon that when processed by at least one processor cause a system to perform operations comprising:
receive one or more configuration changes of the one or more network devices;
identify each configuration change as one of a compliant configuration change and a non-compliant configuration change by correlating, the one or more configuration changes using a first set of parameters;
generate an impact value of the one or more configuration changes ; and
generate a recommendation for the one or more network devices based on the impact value.

Dated this 1st day of June, 2015

SRAVAN KUMAR GAMPA
OF K & S PARTNERS
AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT
,TagSPECI:TECHNICAL FIELD

The present subject matter is related, in general to network device compliance management and more particularly, but not exclusively to systems and methods for managing compliance of one or more network devices in real time.