Overview - IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Manual

Chapter 5
Introduction to Enterprise Scanner
Policies

Overview

Introduction
Scope
In this chapter
IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Enterprise Scanner includes a number of specialized policies that enable you to define
discovery and assessment scans to run as either ad hoc or background scans. Enterprise
Scanner uses a combination of those policies to perform each type of scan. By using
multiple policies, Enterprise Scanner provides a more flexible scanning environment. To
help you take advantage of that flexibility, this chapter explains what each policy defines
and how each policy affects different types of scans.
This chapter provides background information for understanding the Enterprise Scanner
policies. For detailed information about setting up policies, see the following chapters:
Chapter 6, "Defining Background Scans" on page 81
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Chapter 7, "Configuring Discovery and Assessment Policies" on page 97
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Chapter 8, "Defining Agent Policies" on page 109
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This chapter contains the following topics:
Topic
Introduction to Asset and Agent Policies
Contents of Asset and Agent Policies
Viewing Asset and Agent Policies
Descriptions of Asset Policies
Descriptions of Agent Policies
Policy Inheritance with Enterprise Scanner Policies
Policy Inheritance with Agent Policies
Policy Inheritance with Asset Policies
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