Creating and configuring scheduled scans

Network vulnerability scans can be scheduled to be executed automatically on specific date/time periods as well as regularly on a daily, weekly, monthly schedule.

By default, scheduled scan results are stored in the Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Database backend. However, you can also configure GFI LANguard N.S.S. 8 to:

•	Save scan results as XML or HTML files and store them in a specific location to be used further on for report comparison operations.

•	Automatically generate a scan results report and send it to the administrator via email.

NOTE: For information on how to configure mail server settings or administrator email address refer to the alerting options section in this chapter.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. 8 can automatically generate and email two types of reports following the completion of a scheduled scan; the ‘Full Scan’ report and the ‘Results Comparison’ report.

•	The ‘Full Scan Report’ includes all the information collected or generated during the execution of a scheduled scan.

•	The ‘Results Comparison’ report enumerates only the differences identified between the last scheduled scan results and the preceding one.

NOTE: The ‘Results Comparison’ report will not be emailed to the administrator if no differences exist between the compared scan results or if you are running your very first scheduled scan.