Get started with PA/SCA and SCAP

Are you a first time user? Check out these guidelines and best practices.

First steps and best practices

Change your password for PA

Once you login to the PA application for the first time with the default password, you are prompted to change to a password of your choice. The Change Password step mandatory for all, irrespective of the subscription. New users will first verify their information, accept the service agreement, and then change their default login passwords.

Change password screens displayed to users logging in for the first time.

Change your home page for PA

Select Home Page under your user name (in the top right corner) to change the first page that appears when you log in.

Add at least one new user account forPA

It isrecommended you add a new user account with a Manager or Unit Manager role to begin, although any user role except Contact is fine. If the subscriber account is lost or misplaced, this makes it possible for Support to reset the password for the subscriber account while retaining all saved results and configurations including user accounts.

Review password security settings for PA

Go to Users > Setup > Security (Manager only) to set advanced password security settings that apply to all users in the subscription. For example, you can allow users to define their own passwords, set password expiration, and define how many failed login attempts will lock a user's account.

Get help with first steps

Choose the Get Started option on the Help menu anytime you need it for help with first steps.

Get Started option on Help menu

Policy Audit Scanning

Start scanning to check the compliance of your systems against your policies. You can easily add policies from our library, or create your own. Learn more about Scan for Policy Audit

Policy Audit Reporting

Several reporting options are offered. Run, manage and schedule compliance reports. Learn more about Compliance Reporting.

SCAP Scanning

Start scanning for SCAP compliance to check the compliance of your systems against SCAP policies. Learn more about Scanning for SCAP Compliance.

Manage Your Assets

Manage and group the assets in your account. Learn more about manage your assets.

Manage Your Account

Manage users and business units. Learn more about user management.

Policy Audit (PA) and SCAP are not available to Express Lite users.

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