SecurityExpressions Server User Guide
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• notifications
• Windows Group access
Credential Precedence: If your organization uses the console application and
someone delegated one or more database machine lists to the server application,
and
if one of the systems identified in this scope is also listed in one of those database
machine lists, the server uses the database machine list's credentials to access the
system rather than the scope credentials you enter here.
3. Click Update to store the new Scope configuration in the database.
Scopes Table
The Scopes table identifies each scope. The columns include:
Column Description
Edit Make changes to this policy entry in the table.
Delete Remove this entry from the table.
Order Numeric order in which the scopes should be checked
when a computer connects to the network.
Name Name of the scope.
Type You may define scopes of the following types:
IP Range
Windows Domain This scope only works if you are using
the Active Directory connection monitor.
Org Unit
DNS Domain Name
Device Type
Machine List
Expression
Detection Method
Value The values that determine which target systems belong to
the scope. The values entered are determined valid or
invalid depending on the scope type selected.
All scope types except Expression can accept as many
values as you want to enter, listing one value per line.
Scope type Expression only accepts one expression.
Link Speed Indicate whether the network-connection speed of the
systems in this scope is Unspecified, Slow or Fast. If all
systems in the scope use a fast connection, for example,
indicating this in the scope's definition prevents the need
to check each system's speed during audits. Select
Unspecified if you are unsure of network-connection
speed or the scope contains a mix of slow and fast
connections.
Username User name of the credentials to use when auditing
computers in this scope.
Policies Names of the policies to use when auditing computers in
this scope.
Device Connect Notifications Notifications to run when a computer in this scope is
detected, regardless of audit posture. This value may be