Use this window to add a new scoring override configuration and define the individual scoring overrides that make up the configuration. You can also use this window to edit an existing configuration. When you add a scoring override configuration, it becomes available for selection in the Edit Assessment Configuration window.
Scoring overrides let you create overrides to the test scoring system and assign a higher or lower score to specific assessment tests. For example, Nessus assessment checks to see if Limewire is installed on an end-system, and assigns a low risk score of "2" for that test result if it is found. Using a scoring override, you can assign a high risk score of "10" to that result instead of "2".
Scoring overrides also allow you to override the scoring mode for specific assessment tests. For example, you may set a scoring mode of "Informational" and then configure a scoring override so that a specific test counts towards a quarantine decision ("Apply Score"). Or, you may select a scoring mode of "Apply Score" (quarantine), and then create a scoring override that sets specific tests to be "Warning."
To add a scoring override configuration, click
(the configuration menu
button next to the Scoring Override Configuration field) in the
Edit Assessment
Configuration window and select Add. You can also click
the Add button in the Manage Scoring Override Configurations window.
To edit a scoring override configuration, from the
Edit Assessment
Configuration window, select the configuration you want to edit, click
(the configuration menu button next to the Scoring Override Configuration field) and
select Edit. You can also click
the Edit button in the Manage Scoring Override Configurations window.
Click areas in the window for more information.
- Name
- Enter a name for the configuration. You cannot change the name of the default scoring override configuration.
- Search String
- The search string is optional, and is used in cases where the scoring override must match a test ID and a specific value in the health result detail description. If there is a match for the Test ID, then this search string is compared to the health result detail description to determine if the scoring override applies.
- Override Score
- The test score applied for this specific test, or "unchanged' if the override doesn't change the score.
- Override Mode
- The scoring mode applied for this specific test.
- Unchanged - Use the scoring mode assigned for the test set where the scoring override is used.
- Apply Score - The score returned by this test is included as part of the quarantine decision.
- Informational - The score returned by this test is reported, but it is not applied toward a quarantine decision.
- Warning - The score returned by this test is only be used to provide end user assessment warnings via the Notification Portal web page. No end-systems are quarantined unless a grace period (if specified) has expired.
- Add Button
- Opens the Add Scoring Override window where you can define a new scoring override for the configuration.
- Edit Button
- Opens the Edit Scoring Override window where you can edit the selected scoring override.
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