2a. Creating Vulnerability Scan Policies

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Credentialed Patch Audit Policy

1. From the top menu bar navigate to Scans -> Policies and click +Add

2. From the Policies select the Credentialed Patch Audit policy template

3. From the Add Policy > Credentialed Patch Audit page:

   • Under the Setup tab:
     a) Enter a Name for the policy
     b) Set Advanced to Custom

   • Under the Advanced tab, enable the following options:

     • Stop scanning hosts that become unresponsive during the scan
     • Automatically accept detected SSH disclaimer prompts

   • Under the Authentication tab, for Windows hosts, enable the following options:

     • Start the Remote Registry service during the scan
     • Enable administrative shares during the scan
     • Start the Server service during the scan

4. Click Submit to complete the configuration

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