IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - page 170
Chapter 12: Interpreting Scan Results
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Viewing Vulnerabilities in the SiteProtector Console
Introduction
You can view the vulnerability assessment data that your Enterprise Scanner agent
collects in the SiteProtector Console. The data appears in the Analysis view for the Site or
group you have selected.
About vulnerability
assessment
Vulnerability assessment data identifies weaknesses in your network and hosts. Intruders
or employees can exploit these weaknesses and attack or compromise your network and
hosts.
Viewing
vulnerabilities
From the Analysis view on the SiteProtector Console, you can view vulnerabilities by the
following categories:
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Vuln Analysis–Assets
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Vuln Analysis–Detail
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Vuln Analysis–Object
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Vuln Analysis–Vuln Name
Creating custom
views
If the default views do not meet your needs, you can create custom analysis views. When
you customize a view, you can add or remove columns or filters, change the values of
filters, or rearrange the columns.
Filtering events and
vulnerabilities
Using incidents and exceptions enables you to filter events and vulnerabilities according
to the following criteria:
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date
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single source IP address or range of IP addresses
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single target IP address or range of IP addresses
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tag name
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object name
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observance type
You determine how many rows of incidents or exceptions you want to display in an
analysis view in the Console options.