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IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual (268 pages)
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Scanner
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Table of Contents
User Guide
1
Table of Contents
3
Overview
9
How to Use Enterprise Scanner Documentation
10
Getting Technical Support
12
Part I: Getting Started
15
Chapter 1: Introduction to Enterprise Scanner
17
Overview
17
New Features
18
Key Concepts
20
Introducing Background Scanning
21
Migrating from Internet Scanner
22
Enterprise Scanner Communication Channels
23
Component Descriptions
25
The Siteprotector System Components
26
Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring an Agent
27
Overview
27
Before You Begin
28
Process Overview
29
Setting up Your Appliance for Initial Configuration
31
Configuring Appliance-Level Settings
33
Configuring Explicit-Trust Authentication with an Agent Manager
35
Registering Enterprise Scanner to Connect to the Siteprotector System
37
Logging on to the Siteprotector Console
40
Chapter 3: Running Your First Scans
41
Overview
41
Basic Concepts
43
Finding Your Agent, Assets, and Policies in the Siteprotector System
44
Running Ad Hoc Scans
46
Monitoring Ad Hoc Discovery and Ad Hoc Assessment Scans
50
Background Scanning Overview
54
Background Scanning Process
55
Chapter 4: Setting up Scanning Permissions for Users
63
Overview
63
Enterprise Scanner Permissions
64
Enterprise Scanner User Groups
65
Considerations for Enterprise Scanner Permissions
66
Creating User Groups in the Siteprotector System
67
Changing Group Permissions
68
Part II: Configuring Enterprise Vulnerability Protection
69
Overview
71
Chapter 5: Introduction to Enterprise Scanner Policies
72
Introduction to Asset and Agent Policies
72
Contents of Asset and Agent Policies
73
Viewing Asset and Agent Policies
74
Descriptions of Asset Policies
75
Descriptions of Agent Policies
76
Policy Inheritance with Enterprise Scanner Policies
77
Policy Inheritance with Agent Policies
78
Policy Inheritance with Asset Policies
79
Overview
81
Chapter 6, "Defining Background Scans
81
Chapter 6: Defining Background Scans
82
Determining When Background Scans Run
82
How Policies Apply to Ad Hoc and Background Scans
84
Background Scanning Checklists
86
Enabling Background Scanning (Scan Control Policy)
87
Defining Periods of Allowed Scanning (Scan Window Policy)
89
Excluding Assets from Scans (Scan Exclusion Policy)
91
Defining Network Services (Network Services Policy)
92
Defining Assessment Credentials (Assessment Credentials Policy)
94
Key Parameters for Defining Scan Jobs
96
Chapter 7: Configuring Discovery and Assessment Policies
97
Chapter 7, "Configuring Discovery and Assessment Policies
97
Overview
97
How Policies Apply to Discovery and Assessment Scans
98
Defining Assets to Discover (Discovery Policy)
99
Defining Assessment Details Introduction (Assessment Policy)
100
Description of Check Information (Assessment Policy)
101
Grouping and Displaying Checks (Assessment Policy)
103
Defining Common Assessment Settings (Assessment Policy)
106
Overview
109
Chapter 8, "Defining Agent Policies
109
Chapter 8: Defining Agent Policies
110
Defining Scanning Network Interfaces (ESM Policy)
110
Considerations for Subtask Sizes
111
Defining Perspectives (Network Locations Policy)
112
Defining Alert Logging (Notification Policy)
113
Defining Agent Passwords (Access Policy)
114
Defining Agent Interfaces (Networking Policy)
115
Defining the Date and Time Settings of the Agent (Time Policy)
117
Defining Services to Run on the Agent (Services Policy)
119
Part III: Scanning
121
Overview
123
Chapter 9: Understanding Scanning Processes in Siteprotector
124
What Is Perspective
124
Defining Perspectives
125
One Way to Use Perspective
126
Scan Jobs and Related Terms
127
Types of Tasks
128
Priorities for Running Tasks
129
Stages of a Scanning Process
131
Optimizing Cycle Duration, Scan Windows, and Subtasks
132
Chapter 10: Monitoring Scans
135
Overview
135
Finding Your Scan Jobs
136
Job Information in the Command Jobs Window
137
Viewing Runtime Details about Discovery Scans
138
Viewing Discovery Job Results
139
Viewing Discovery Job and Parent Task Details
140
Viewing Discovery Scanning Task Details
142
Viewing Runtime Details about Assessment Scans
143
Viewing Assessment Job Results
144
Viewing Assessment Job and Parent Task Details
146
Viewing Base Assessment and Scanning Task Details
148
Chapter 11: Managing Scans
151
Overview
151
Stopping and Restarting Scan Jobs
152
Suspending and Enabling All Background Scans
154
Minimum Scanning Requirements
155
Generally Expected Scanning Behaviors
156
Expected Scanning Behaviors for Ad Hoc Scans
157
Expected Scanning Behaviors for Background Scans
159
Identifying Error Conditions
161
Troubleshooting Tips
163
Part IV: Analysis, Tracking, and Remediation
165
Overview
167
Chapter 12: Interpreting Scan Results
168
Setting up a Summary Page for Vulnerability Management
168
Viewing Vulnerabilities in the Siteprotector Console
170
OS Identification (OSID) in Enterprise Scanner
171
How OSID Is Updated
172
Viewing Vulnerabilities by Asset
173
Viewing Vulnerabilities by Object
175
Viewing Vulnerabilities by Detail
176
Viewing Vulnerabilities by Vuln Names
178
Assessment Reports
179
Assessment Report Descriptions
180
Report Sorting Options
181
Chapter 13: Tracking and Remediation
183
Overview
183
Ticketing and Enterprise Scanner
184
Possible Scenarios
185
Overview of the Remediation Process
186
Remediation Tasks
187
Chapter 14: Running Ad Hoc Scans
191
Overview
191
Understanding How Ad Hoc Scans Use Policies
192
Expected Behavior for Ad Hoc Scans
193
Running an Ad Hoc Discovery Scan
195
Running an Ad Hoc Assessment Scan
196
Part V: Maintenance
197
Overview
199
Chapter 15: Performing Routine Maintenance
200
Logging on to Proventia Manager
200
Shutting down Your Enterprise Scanner
201
Removing an Agent from Siteprotector
202
Options for Backing up Enterprise Scanner
203
Backing up Configuration Settings
204
Using Full System Backup Files
206
Acquiring Your Enterprise Scanner Licenses
207
Preparing to Reinstall an Enterprise Scanner Agent
208
Reinstalling an Enterprise Scanner Agent
209
Chapter 16: Updating Enterprise Scanner
211
Overview
211
Section A: Understanding the XPU Process
213
Overview
213
XPU Basics
214
Updating Options
215
Consoles to Use for Xpus
216
XPU Configuration Settings
217
Section B: Configuring the XPU Environment
219
Overview
219
Configuring Explicit-Trust Authentication with an XPU Server
220
Configuring an Alternate Update Location
221
Configuring an HTTP Proxy
222
Configuring Notification Options for Xpus
223
Section C: Scheduling Updates and Manually Updating an Agent
225
Overview
225
Update Process
226
Scheduling a One-Time Firmware Update
227
Configuring Automatic Downloads and Updates
228
Manually Installing Updates
230
Chapter 17: Viewing Agent Status
231
Overview
231
The Proventia Manager Home Page
232
Viewing Status in the Siteprotector Console
234
Viewing Agent Status
235
Viewing Application Diagnostics
236
Viewing System Status
237
Viewing System Diagnostics
238
Overview
239
Chapter 18: Enterprise Scanner Logs and Alerts
240
Types of Alerts and Logs
240
Viewing Alerts
241
Viewing Different Types of Alerts
242
Downloading an Alert Log
244
Clearing the Alerts Log
245
Viewing es and System Logs
246
Viewing es Logs
247
Downloading es Log Files
248
System Log Descriptions
249
Getting Log Status Information
250
Changing Logging Detail
251
Glossary
253
Index
259
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