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Descriptions of Asset Policies
Introduction
Asset policy
descriptions
IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
This topic describes the policies that define scanning requirements for groups of assets
(asset policies).
Table 22 describes the asset policies:
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Policy
Assessment
Assessment
Credentials
Discovery
Network Locations
Network Services
Scan Control
Scan Exclusion
Scan Window
Table 22: Descriptions of the asset policies
a. You can have only one Network Locations policy. It defines perspectives that are used by all agents and
assets at the Site. It appears once for the Site at the Site Group level.
Description
Defines the following for assessment scans:
•
which checks to run against assets in the group
•
assessment check parameters
•
common settings for assessment scans
Contains logon account information for running checks that
require authenticated access.
Defines the following for discovery scans:
•
IP addresses and address ranges for a scan to discover
•
how to handle discovered assets
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Defines relative locations of agents on the network to use as
scanning perspectives. For assets, think of perspective as the
location from which you want to scan the assets in the group.
Defines the ports on which services run.
Controls the following:
•
whether discovery and/or assessment scanning is enabled
•
refresh cycles for background discovery and assessment
scans
•
the perspective from which to run background scans against
this group
Important: This policy initiates background scanning. Do not
save it until you have completely configured background scanning.
Defines IP addresses and/or ports that you want to exclude from
assessment scans.
Defines the allowable windows for background discovery and/or
assessment scanning as well as the time zone for the scanning
windows.
Tip: Optionally, you can limit ad hoc scans to run only during open
scanning windows.
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