IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - Defining Perspectives
Defining Perspectives
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Defining Perspectives
Introduction
To use perspectives, you must define the perspective, assign at least one agent to the
perspective, and then associate the perspective with a group of assets to scan.
Perspectives in
policies
The meaning of perspective depends on the policy where you define or select it. Table 42
describes the meaning of perspective in different policies:
Illustration
Figure 23 illustrates the relationships between perspectives and policies described in
Table 42:
Figure 23: Network locations in the ESM, Network Locations, and Scan Control policies
You…
In the…
And it applies to…
define a perspective as a network location
Network Locations policy
(See page 112.)
the entire Site.
assign an agent to a perspective
ESM policy (See page
110.)
a particular agent.
identify the perspective from which you
want to scan groups of assets
Scan Control policy (See
page 87.)
the group, or groups, to
scan with that policy.
Table 42: Perspectives in policies