Agent Assessment

^{Last Updated: 2025-05-27}

Purpose

This article describes how to set up a Agent Assessment scan.

Introduction

In Outpost24, the Agent Assessment feature enables the identification and evaluation of security risks and vulnerabilities within mobile and remote hosts, such as agent-equipped workstations. This assessment identifies the operating system and software applications installed on the host and assesses their vulnerability to known exploits and attacks. The results of the assessment can be used to prioritize vulnerabilities and develop a plan for remediation that includes applying security patches, reconfiguring access controls or network services, or implementing additional security controls such as intrusion detection or prevention systems. Regular agent assessments are essential, as new vulnerabilities can be introduced when software is updated or new applications are installed.

Set up

1. Select Agent assessment.
   
   

   

2. Fill in the Name input field with a descriptive name for the intended assessment. 

3. Enter a value in the Scan Recurrence field to specify the scan recurrence in hours. The minimum frequency is 24 hours, and the maximum is 30 days.

4. Asset Tags

5. Click on the blue Add button in the lower right corner to add the configuration.

Running Agent assessment manually from the Scan configuration is not supported, so the Scan Now button is disabled and cannot start agent scans.

Agents are asynchronous in their behavior, and are not connected to Outscan to "receive" scans when started like HIABs. Instead the agent has a duration between each scan in hours with an allowed range of 24-720 (1d-30d). When the data from an agent has been fully received, Outscan then runs reporting to complete the scan.