Fingerprint certainty

Fingerprint certainty is a measurement of the predicted accuracy of a scan’s attempt to identify the traits of an asset. You can view the certainty scores of system fingerprints in the Security Console via asset detail and completed scan pages. Fingerprint certainty is scored according to a scale of 0 to 1.0.

Fingerprint certainty scores determine which vulnerability checks are run against the asset.

Inspect fingerprint certainty scores

You can view certainty scores in the following ways:

Asset detail view

1. Go to Assets & Identities > Vulnerability Management > Assets. Browse to the “Scanned” table.
2. Open the scanned asset you would like to inspect.
3. On the asset detail page, expand the Items dropdown in the upper right corner of your screen. Select Fingerprints.
   • This will add the Fingerprints table to your asset detail page.
4. Scroll down to the Fingerprints table to examine fingerprint records and their corresponding certainty scores.

Completed scan view

1. Go to Assets & Identities > Vulnerability Management > Console Home. Browse to the “Sites” table.
2. Open a completed scan by clicking a corresponding link under “Scan Status”.
3. In the “Completed Assets” table, open the scanned asset you would like to inspect.
4. Scroll down to the “Node Fingerprints” table to examine fingerprint records and their corresponding certainty scores.