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Option Profile FAQs

How do I make the profile available to others?How do I make the profile available to others?

Apply tags to an option profile to make it available to other users. Users with a tag in their scope that matches a tag applied to an option profile will be able choose that profile for scans.

Tell me about the Initial WAS Options profile and default option profileTell me about the Initial WAS Options profile and default option profile

We provide the option profile - Initial WAS Options with recommended settings for web application scanning to help you get started. You can customize and rename this profile.

You can choose to define an option profile as the default for your subscription as long as your account has full permissions and scope. Select the Make this the default option profile for the subscription check box. The option profile will be automatically selected each time you launch a scan, unless another option profile is defined for the target web application. However, you can still choose to override the default in your scan settings.

How do I change the owner?How do I change the owner?

The user who creates a profile is set as the initial owner by default. Users with permission to edit option profiles can change the owner.

Why should I enable Form Crawl Scope?Why should I enable Form Crawl Scope?

To prevent forms with same fields from being ignored during the scan, you should select Form Crawl Scope option. If you enable Form Crawl Scope, we will use form action URI in addition to form fields to calculate form uniqueness.