Run Security Reports

A network security report:

  • Shows you the percentages of services that are insecure
  • Describes the security weaknesses
  • Provides guidance about how to mitigate each weakness
Threats that are included in this report are:
  • Open networks
  • SSIDs that are the same as or similar to SSIDs targeted by honeypot tools
  • WPA PSK keys that are easy to decode either because they are too short or are publicly available in rainbow tables

To view a security report:

  1. From the main menu, select Reports.
    The reports page opens and displays a list of templates.
  2. On the Templates page, select Security Report.
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    Security Report Template and Scheduling Button
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    The scheduling button (GUID-0192BEFF-C161-4733-8A42-C2B5BF6B54A6-low.png) displays.

  3. Select GUID-0192BEFF-C161-4733-8A42-C2B5BF6B54A6-low.png.
    The Schedule/Run Report dialog opens.
  4. To schedule a report to run, select GUID-0192BEFF-C161-4733-8A42-C2B5BF6B54A6-low.png.
    The Schedule/Run Reports dialog opens.
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    Schedule / Run Report Dialog
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  5. Edit the fields, and select Run Now.
    Title Enter a report title to apply significance to the data that is captured.
    Template Select the report template that you want to run from the drop-down list. This list includes the Security report template, the PCI Compliance report template, and any custom report templates for your organization.
    Scope Specify the scope as System to generate a report for the whole system, including each configured network. Otherwise, select a network from the drop-down list to restrict the report to the selected network.
    Period Specify the reporting period (Last Hour, Last Day, Last Week, Last Month). These are not relevant for the Security report.
    Schedule To schedule the report generation, select the Schedule, and then specify a start date and end date using the calendar function. The report will only run on or after the date set in the Start Date field. The report will not run after the date set in the End Date. If you do not select the Schedule check box, the report will run as soon as it is submitted and it run only once.
    Recurrence (Optional) Specify the recurrence frequency and the time this report is run, either daily, weekly, or monthly.
    Daily Runs the report daily. Use the Time drop-down menu to set the time at which to run the daily report.
    Weekly Runs the report on a particular day of the week. Use the Day of Week field to set the weekday to run the report on. Use the Time drop-down menu to set the time the weekly report is generated.
    Monthly Runs the report on a particular date of the month, every month. Use the Day of Month field to set the date. Use the Time drop-down menu to set the time to begin the historical report data gathering process.
    Format Specify the output format for this report: PDF or CSV.
    Destination Select a destination option to configure how a generated report is stored:
    Store on Server Select this check box to stores and archive a generated report on the server. Generated reports are listed on the Generated Reports tab.
    Email Select this check box to send the report by email. In the adjoining text box, enter one or more email addresses (separated by commas) to which the report will be sent.
    The report is run at the configured interval. The generated report is available from the Generated Reports page.