Fortinet 5.0 Patch 6 Scheduling web vulnerability scans

Fortinet 507 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Scheduling web vulnerability scans
Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Schedule enables you to
configure vulnerability scan schedules.
A vulnerability scan schedule defines when the scan will automatically begin, and whether the
scan is a one-time or periodically recurring event.
To configure a vulnerability scan schedule
1. Go to Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Scan > Web Vulnerability Schedule.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator’s account access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the Web Vulnerability Scan Configuration category.
For details, see “Permissions” on page 47.
2. Click Create New.
A dialog appears.
3. Configure these settings:
4. Click OK.
5. To use the profile, select it in a web vulnerability scan policy (see “Running vulnerability
scans” on page 513).
See also
•Preparing for the vulnerability scan
•Configuring vulnerability scan settings
•Running vulnerability scans
•Manually starting & stopping a vulnerability scan
•Viewing vulnerability scan reports
Setting name Description
Name Type a unique name that can be referenced in other parts of
the configuration. Do not use spaces or special characters.
The maximum length is 35 characters.
Type Select the type of schedule:
•One Time — Run the vulnerability scan once.
•Recurring — Run the vulnerability scan periodically.
Time Select the time of day to run the scan.
Date Select the date to run the scan.
This setting is available only if Type is One Time.
Day Select the days of the week to run the scan.
This setting is available only if Type is Recurring.