McAfee MTP08EMB3RUA Product Guide - Page 155

Scheduling scans for devices, Hack Simulation, Denial of Service, Retest Current, Confirm, Devices

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Using Vulnerability Scanning Performing scans 9 4 Select the devices to scan in a single category, then select Next. You can set up only one type of scan at a time. Click the Next button that appears directly under the device listing to continue setting up that type of scan. 5 If you are configuring an audit, select the type of audit from the drop-down list. • Hack Simulation - Runs the standard device audit. • Denial of Service - Adds extra tests. • Retest Current - Runs the last test that ran previously. Use this to retest and verify that vulnerabilities previously reported have been resolved. Selecting Denial of Service adds tests that might bring down a server. We recommend selecting this option during times when users are not accessing network resources. 6 Select a date and time for the scan, then click Confirm. Scheduling scans for devices Use this task to configure scans to be performed once or on a recurring basis. You cannot select specific times for scans to be performed. In general, scans run at various random times on different devices. To minimize impact on network traffic, scans are not run on multiple devices at the same time. Task 1 Open the vulnerability scanning portal (click the link in the Vulnerability Scanning widget on the Dashboard page of the SecurityCenter). 2 From the Security Dashboard page of the vulnerability scanning portal, under Audits, click Devices. 3 Select a device using one of these methods: • On the Devices page, click the device name. • On the Device Groups page, click the name of the group containing the device, then on the Devices page, click the device name. (This page appears if you have set up device groups.) A page listing details about the selected device is displayed. 4 Click Configure. 5 If you are configuring a Device Audit, for Audit Period on the General tab, select an entry from the drop-down list. Options are OnDemand, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly. 6 Select other options as needed. 7 Click Save. McAfee Total Protection Service 5.1.5 Product Guide 155

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4
Select the devices to scan in a single category, then select
Next
.
You can set up only one type of scan at a time. Click the
Next
button that
appears directly under the device listing to continue setting up that type
of scan.
5
If you are configuring an audit, select the type of audit from the drop-down list.
•
Hack Simulation
— Runs the standard device audit.
•
Denial of Service
— Adds extra tests.
•
Retest Current
— Runs the last test that ran previously. Use this to retest and verify that
vulnerabilities previously reported have been resolved.
Selecting Denial of Service adds tests that might bring down a server.
We recommend selecting this option during times when users are not
accessing network resources.
6
Select a date and time for the scan, then click
Confirm
.
Scheduling scans for devices
Use this task to configure scans to be performed once or on a recurring basis.
You cannot select specific times for scans to be performed. In general,
scans run at various random times on different devices. To minimize
impact on network traffic, scans are not run on multiple devices at the
same time.
Task
1
Open the vulnerability scanning portal (click the link in the Vulnerability Scanning widget on the
Dashboard page of the SecurityCenter).
2
From the Security Dashboard page of the vulnerability scanning portal, under Audits, click
Devices
.
3
Select a device using one of these methods:
•
On the Devices page, click the device name.
•
On the Device Groups page, click the name of the group containing the device, then on the
Devices page, click the device name. (This page appears if you have set up device groups.)
A page listing details about the selected device is displayed.
4
Click
Configure
.
5
If you are configuring a Device Audit, for Audit Period on the General tab, select an entry from the
drop-down list.
Options are OnDemand, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly.
6
Select other options as needed.
7
Click
Save
.
Using Vulnerability Scanning
Performing scans
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