Report Scheduling

Purpose

This document describe how to create a Report Schedule.

Introduction

The Scheduling tab lets you schedule reports to be sent out based on either a target selection or by a report template.

Create a Report Schedule

Click New to display the Maintaining Report Schedule presenting the following options:

Option

Description

Name

Name of the scheduled report.

Report Type

Define the report type:

Vulnerability
Group Vulnerability
Trend
Group Trending
Delta
Group Delta
Solution Task Report
Solution Target Report
Dashbord
Target Discovery

Schedule Timing

Option

Description

Next Report

The next date and time, this report should be sent to the recipient.

Report Frequency

How often the report if scheduled.

Once
Weekly
Monthly
Bimonthly
Quarterly
Fortnightly
Daily

Settings Tab

Schedule Settings

Not active until Schedule Timing has been set.

Option	Description
Day in Week/Month	Day of week Day of month Day of week in month
Run Until	End date

Report Settings

Option	Description
Report Level	Select which level of detail the report should be in. Management Summary Detailed
Period
Length
Include Information	Select what kind of information that will be included in the report. (one or more can be selected) Target Information Scan Modification Listed Targets Information
Send reports without vulnerabilities	Select this feature to send the reports even if there are no vulnerabilities present in it.
Target Group Depth	Selects the depth on how deep the summary of the target group will go. For example: Groups with 10 levels and the Target Group Depth set to 5, will only show the first 5 levels in the summary, omitting the results from level 6-10.
Include report in PDF format	Attach the report as a PDF file.
Include report in XLS format	Attach the report as a XLS file.
Include report in XML format	Attach the report as a XML file.
Compress attachments (zip)	It allows you to create a zip attachment which decreases its size.
Password	Enter a password if you wish to export the report password protected. Note The XML format does not support password protection and need to be compressed into a ZIP-file by selecting the Compress attachments (zip) option, where as the PDF and XLS can be password protected as directly without compressing.

Recipient

Recipients can be set as Email, Managed Report, and Database.

Option	Description
Type	Direct the report to either Email, Managed Reports, and Database (HIAB only).

Email

When set as email the report will be sent to address specified under Recipient.

Option	Description
Type	Set as Email
Recipient	Provide a name to whom you wish to send the report. Custom is only available if you have super user privileges.
E-mail PGP Public Key	Add a PGP Public Key file to be used for encryption, when emailing the report or select unencrypted.
Subject	Enter a custom subject for email.
Add text	Custom text which will be included in the email.

Warning

When OUTSCAN sends an encrypted email with an attachment, the attachments sometimes cannot be decrypted properly in the Outlook client.

If that happens, files can be decrypted with following ways:

Using command prompt.

gpg --output <output file name> -d <encrypted file>

Using the GNU Privacy Assistant (GPA) installed with gpg4win installation.
Using Thunderbird client to open encrypted report emails on windows computers.

Managed Reports

When set as Managed Report the report can be viewed in the Managed Reports tool in Main Menu > Managed Reports.

Option	Description
Type	Set as Managed Reports
Title	Set a title to the report
Token	Set a token. See Access Tokens for more information.
Report Group	Select report group where the report will be displayed in Managed Reports tool

Database

HIAB can integrate with databases and use it as a recipient for the reports.

Note

To use Database as a recipient, it first need to be integrated. See Database Connector for more information on how to set up Database integration on your HIAB.

To use the Database recipient:

Select Database in the type drop-down menu in the Recipient area
Enter the table name you have set up in the Database Connector integration.

Report Template Grid

Choose which Report Template you wish to use:

Option	Description
Target Groups Grid	Choose which Target Group you wish to include in the report.
Target List	Enter specific targets you wish to include in the report.
Scan Schedules	Choose which Scan Schedules you wish to include in the report.

Comment Tab

This is an optional value where additional comments can be added to the Report Schedule grid under the Comments column.

To send a report immediately, select the scheduled report and click Send Now.

Steps to Modify and Delete a Schedule

Option	Description
Delete	Will allow you to remove the report schedule that you have currently selected.
Edit	To edit a schedule, right-click on it and select Edit.