Changes to the Administration page

Changes to the Administration page

In product versions 6.6.186 and later, we released a redesigned Administration page and other key pages to enhance usability and provide logical groupings of functions managed in the Security Console.

As part of the redesign, some of the links you are familiar with may be renamed or moved to a different section of the Administration page. Some of the most noticeable changes include:

Administration page navigation comparison

The following tables show the differences in navigation for the Administration page in versions prior to 6.6.186 and the current version.

Users and assets

PreviousCurrent
Users > Create and manage user accounts and manage your password policyUsers > User Management

Users > Custom Roles

Users > Password Policy
Asset Groups > Create dynamic or static asset groups and manage existing asset groupsAssets > Asset Groups
Discovery Options > Connections > create and manage connections that allow the Security Console to discover assets dynamicallyAssets > Discovery Connections
Discovery Options > Connections > view events and statistics for asset discovery mechanismsAssets > Discovery Events
Discovery Options > NSX Manager > Create and manage settings that give the Scan Engine direct access to an NSX network of virtual assetsAssets > Exclusions

Scans and scan options

PreviousCurrent
Scan Options > Engines > Create and manage available Scan Engines, and Scan Engine PoolsScans > Scan Engines

Scans > Engine Pools
Scan Options > History > View complete scan history for this installationScans > History
Scan Options > Templates > Create and manage scan templates for controlling and tuning scansScans > Templates
Scan Options > Shared Credentials > Create and manage shared credentials for authenticated scansScans > Shared Credentials
Scan Options > Blackouts > Create and manage global blackoutsScans > Blackouts
Scan Options > Root Certificates > manage root certificates used in scanningScans > Root Certificates
Calendar > View monthly calendar of all scheduled scans and reportsCalendar icon (calendar icon)

Global and Console settings

PreviousCurrent
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settingsConsole > Information

Console > Updates
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings Console > Web ServerConsole > Web Server
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Proxy SettingsConsole > Proxy Settings
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Manage console authConsole > Authentication: 2FA and SSO
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > Data SynchronizationConsole > Platform Data Synchronization
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > SMTPNotifications > SMTP Mail Notifications
Global and Console Settings > Console > Administer settings for the Security Console, including auto-update and logging settings > LicensingConsole > Licensing

Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshooting

PreviousCurrent
Maintenance, Storage, and Troubleshooting > Maintenance > Perform database maintenance and migration tasksDatabase > Settings

Database > Maintenance

Database > Backup and Retention
Maintenance, Storage and Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting > Diagnose and troubleshoot problems with the Security Console. Run Security Console commands.Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting > Run Commands
Maintenance, Storage and Troubleshooting > Manage data export settings for storage to obtain richer scan data for integration with your internal reporting systemsDatabase > Data Warehousing

Vulnerabilities, exceptions, and overrides

PreviousCurrent
Exceptions and Overrides > Review requests to exclude vulnerabilities from reports and to override policy compliance resultsVulnerabilities > Exceptions and Investigations

Policies > Overrides

Vulnerabilities > Risk Score Settings
SCAP > View information pertaining to SCAP contentPolicies > SCAP

Changes to the users page

PreviousCurrent
Manage users > New UserManage users > Add User
Manage users > Disable UsersManage users > Deactivate Users
Manage users > Enable UsersManage users > Activate Users
Manage profile roles > New Custom User RoleManage profile roles > Create Custom Role

Changes to the Scan Engine Pools page

PreviousCurrent
Scan Engine Pools > New Engine PoolEngine Pools > Create Engine Pool
Scan Engine Management > Scan Engine PoolEngine Pool Management > Engine Pool