How do I create a web application scan profile?

Follow these instructions to create a network scan profile. The profile that you create can be used for any on demand WAS scans or scheduled WAS scans.

  1. Login to Security Center. 
  2. Click Scan profiles.
  3. Click +Create scan profile.
  4. Under the headline General information enter the following:
    • Name: the name of the profile, e.g. Standard scan profile.
    • Owner: the owner of the WAS scan.
  5. Click headline Scan settings
  6. Under the headline Crawl settings enter the following settings:
    • User agent: enter a specific user agent to use during WAS scans. The user agent name will work similar to a name of a web browser.
  7. Under the headline Performance enter the following settings:
    • Scan intensity: Select which scan intensity to use during scans. Default is 30 requests per second. Use drop down to choose a preselected value or you can choose your own value if needed.
  8. Under the Headline Password brute forcing: When having password brute forcing enabled the scan will try to make login using common usernames and passwords for a number of different services that can be found here:
    http://support.holmsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000454169/
  9. Under the headline Vulnerability detection enter the following settings:
    • Complete: include all vulnerabilities in the database in the WAS scan profile.
    • Custom: include categories vulnerabilities and/or specific vulnerabilities in the WAS scan profile.
    • Exclude: exclude categories vulnerabilities and/or specific vulnerabilities in the WAS scan profile.
  10. Under the headline Sensitive content enter the following settings:
    • Credit card numbers: checked by default. Uncheck to not scan for this
    • Social security numbers: checked by default. Uncheck to not scan for this. You can choose between various social security numbers nationalities.
    • Custom content: Enter custom content for the WAS scanner to scan for.
  11. Under the headline Comments enter the following:
    • Comments: Enter specific information you want on you WAS scan profile.
  12. Click OK.
  13. Done!
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