Configure a Registry Value Existence Control (Windows)
Configure a Registry Value Existence control to check for the existence of a user-specified registry value. Specify the registry key to be evaluated. The existence of that registry key is confirmed at scan time.
Help me with the settings
Identify this control
The statement you provide is like the control name that describes what it is and how it should be implemented in the environment. You need to decide which category the control belongs to. This is important because users can search and filter controls by category, they can also
Scan Parameters
The scan parameters are used to gather data needed for compliance evaluation at scan time.
Click Add Parameters, and make these settings:
Registry Hive - This is the registry hive containing the registry key value to be evaluated.
Registry Key - This is the registry key containing the value to be evaluated.
Name - This is the name of the value to be evaluated.
Data Type
You can view that "boolean" is selected as the data type for this control type. This means the scan will return a value of True or False
Control Description
The control description appears in compliance policies and reports. If you change the description at a later time, the description is updated for all controls that use the same set of parameters.
Control Technologies
Your control may apply to many technologies. Select each technology you are interested in and provide a rationale statement and expected value.
If you plan to enter the same settings for each technology you only need to do it once. Make your selections in the "Default Values for Control Technologies" section first and then select the check box for each technology you want. you can view that the settings get copied automatically to each technology that you select.
Make these settings
Rationale
Enter a rationale statement describing how the control should be implemented for each technology.
Default Value
Select the default expected value (True or False) for each technology. You can lock the value if you do not want users to be able to change the value in the Policy Editor.
References for Control
Add up to 10 references for the control. These may be references to internal policies, documents and web sites. For each reference, enter a description, a URL or both. When providing a URL, you must start the URL with http://, https:// or ftp://. For example, enter http://www.qualys.com to link to the Qualys web site. Once added users have the option to include references in policy reports..
Ready to scan?
You must select this setting in the option profile you apply to your scan: Enable Dissolvable Agent. When editing your profile, you can view this setting under Dissolvable Agent (in the Scans section).