Schedule an Internal Authenticated Scan

How to Create an Internal Authenticated Vulnerability Scan

Interactive Guide: Schedule an Internal Authenticated Scan

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1. Click New Scan

2. In the Choose a Scan Type drawer, select Internal Authenticated.

3. There are two scan options when scheduling an internal authenticated scan. Probe-based scan and Self-Scan All Targets with Agents.

4. First let's review Probe-based scanning. Click Schedule.

5. Probe-based scanning allows you to use one agent to scan other machines remotely by providing credentials for a shared service account those hosts can use.

6. Toggle credentials on and enter credentials for an account that has administrative rights on the target systems.

Toggle credentials on and enter credentials for an account that has administrative rights on the target systems.

7. Username: enter the account name. In a domain environment, enter only the username. Do not include the domain in this field.

8. Password: enter the password for that account.

9. Domain: optional. If the targets are domain-joined, enter the NetBIOS domain name here. If the targets are in a workgroup or use a local account, leave this field blank.

10. Select the probe you will use to scan other targets remotely.

11. Now let's review Self-scan all targets with agents.

12. Self-Scan All Targets with Agents allows you to create a group scan of all hosts with agents installed. With this option, each scan agent scans its own host machine, which is the recommended option. Click Customize.

13. Choose the target machines.

14. Click Schedule.

15. Enter a unique scan name.

16. Choose whether to run the scan now or set a recurring schedule.

17. Set the Offline Delay. Offline Delay is the amount of time the scan waits to maximize the chance that offline targets come online and can be scanned.

18. Click Submit.