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Descriptions of Asset Policies
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Descriptions of Asset Policies
Introduction
This topic describes the policies that define scanning requirements for groups of assets
(asset policies).
Asset policy
descriptions
Table 22 describes the asset policies:
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Policy
Description
Assessment
Defines the following for assessment scans:
•
which checks to run against assets in the group
•
assessment check parameters
•
common settings for assessment scans
Assessment
Credentials
Contains logon account information for running checks that
require authenticated access.
Discovery
Defines the following for discovery scans:
•
IP addresses and address ranges for a scan to discover
•
how to handle discovered assets
Network Locations
a
a. You can have only one Network Locations policy. It defines perspectives that are used by all agents and
assets at the Site. It appears once for the Site at the Site Group level.
Defines relative locations of agents on the network to use as
scanning perspectives. For assets, think of perspective as the
location from which you want to scan the assets in the group.
Network Services
Defines the ports on which services run.
Scan Control
Controls the following:
•
whether discovery and/or assessment scanning is enabled
•
refresh cycles for background discovery and assessment
scans
•
the perspective from which to run background scans against
this group
Important: This policy initiates background scanning. Do not
save it until you have completely configured background scanning.
Scan Exclusion
Defines IP addresses and/or ports that you want to exclude from
assessment scans.
Scan Window
Defines the allowable windows for background discovery and/or
assessment scanning as well as the time zone for the scanning
windows.
Tip: Optionally, you can limit ad hoc scans to run only during open
scanning windows.
Table 22: Descriptions of the asset policies