Start Scanning for SCAP Compliance

Have you thought about which hosts you want to scan and which options you want to use? We can help you sort this out quickly - review the basics for some ideas.

Scanning - The Basics

Add SCAP policies to test against

You need a SCAP policy to evaluate hosts for SCAP compliance. Each time you launch a SCAP scan you can select a policy that you want to test against. We recommend you add one or more policies now.

How do I add a policy? You can import a policy from our library, or create your own. Go to Policies > New. Learn more

It is simple to start your scan. Go to Scans > SCAP Scans > New > Scan (or Schedule Scan), and tell us:

• the IPs to scan,
• the scan options to use,
• the SCAP policy to test against, and
• which scanner appliance is right for the job (be sure it's enabled for SCAP scanning).

Choosing an option profile

A compliance option profile is a set of scan configuration settings used for compliance scans. We recommend you select the profile "Initial PA Options" to get started. By creating your own profile, you can fine tune setting

Choosing a scanner appliance

Help with scheduling

Check out your scan results

How do I know when the scan is done? You know when the scan status shows "Finished". At this time you can select View from the Quick Actions menu to see the full results in an HTML report. If you have notifications turned on you get an email.

When can I run reports? We will merge (process) your scan results into your account. Watch for the solid green circle to know the results are processed. Then you are ready to create reports based on the most recent scan findings.

Learn more about scan results

Verify that authentication worked

Information about whether hosts passed or failed authentication appears in your scan results: look at the Report Summary and the Appendix. You can also run the Authentication Report. Learn more