How do I create a policy profile?

To be able to run a policy scan you need to set up a policy scanning profile and this needs to be an authenticated profile, here’s how you do it:

1. Login to Security Center
2. Click on Scan Profiles 
3. Click on +Create scan profile > Policy profile
4. Under the headline General settings enter the following:
   Name: the name of the report, e.g. Monthly executive WAS report template
   Owner: the owner of the report
5. Under the headline Policy > Choose your desired template
6. Under the headline Authentication you can add a new authentication record or chose an existing for Windows and Linux/Unix. Notice that you can only have one authentication record per profile and operating system.
   • Linux/Unix authentication record
     Authentication information
     The authentication information will be the name you type in.
     Name 
     Select a name.
     Port
     Type in if you want to use a certain port for your authentication, otherwise the standard port 22 will be used.
     Choose if you want to authenticate with either username and password or by using a private key, type in your credentials and you are done.
   • Windows authentication record
     Authentication information
     The authentication information will be the name you type in.
     Name
     Select a name.
     Type in your credentials you would like to use for your authenticated scan.
     Read this for more information regarding authenticated network scans:
     https://support.holmsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019811432-How-does-authenticated-networks-scans-work-
7. Done!