IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - Defining Background Scans
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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Chapter 6
Defining Background Scans
Overview
Introduction
This chapter describes the minimum requirements and the options available for defining
background scanning. Since ad hoc scans use some of the background policies, this
chapter also describes the impact of those shared policies on ad hoc scans. In addition,
checklists in this chapter guide you through the process of setting up background scans.
Scope
This chapter describes all the asset policies except for the Discovery and Assessment
policies. For descriptions of those policies, see Chapter 7, "Configuring Discovery and
Assessment Policies" on page 97.
Prerequisite
Before you modify policies, you must understand how to locate them in the SiteProtector
Console. For an introduction to viewing policies, see “Viewing Asset and Agent Policies”
on page 74.
In this chapter
This chapter contains the following topics:
Topic
Page
Determining When Background Scans Run
82
How Policies Apply to Ad Hoc and Background Scans
84
Background Scanning Checklists
86
Enabling Background Scanning (Scan Control Policy)
87
Defining Periods of Allowed Scanning (Scan Window Policy)
89
Excluding Assets from Scans (Scan Exclusion Policy)
91
Defining Network Services (Network Services Policy)
92
Defining Assessment Credentials (Assessment Credentials Policy)
94
Key Parameters for Defining Scan Jobs
96